Staging Language: Place and Identity in the Enactment, Performance and Representation of Regional Dialects

by Urszula Clark

Book Overview

Although there are many studies on linguistic variation as it relates to both "traditional" and "new" media such as film, TV, newspapers, and online behavior, little has been written about spoken performance in overt but face-to-face conversations. This book bridges that gap, and focuses on an "in between" zone between casual face-to-face conversations and the type of heavily scripted language of most traditional spoken media. The book draws upon...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 150152450X
• ISBN13: 9781501524509
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 189 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"