Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Cavanaugh, Jillian R.,

Titel

Living memory : the social aesthetics of language in a Northern Italian town

Auflage

1st ed

Ort / Verlag

Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,

Erscheinungsjahr

[2009]

Link zum Volltext

• Wiley Online Library - AutoHoldings Books

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Living Memory: The Social Aesthetics of Language in a Northern Italian Town; Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Preface; Constructing Transcripts: Orthographic Conventions and Transcription Processes; 1: Introduction; 2: Bergamasco in Use: The Feel of Everyday Speaking; 3: Gendering Language; 4: Bergamasco on Stage: Poetry and Theater; 5: Modern Campanilismo: The Value of Place; 6: Bergamo, Italy, Europe: Speaking Contextualized; 7: Conclusion; Notes; References; Index
• Living Memory investigates the complex question of language and its place at the heart of Bergamasco culture in northern Italy. Integrates extensive participant observation with sociolinguistic data collection Reveals the political and social dynamics of a national language (Italian) and a local dialect (Bergamasco) struggling for survival Introduces the original concept of the "social aesthetics of language": the interweaving of culturally-shaped and emotionally felt dimensions of language-choice Written to be accessible to students and specialists alike<
• English
• Description based on print version record.