Staging Language : : Place and Identity in the Enactment, Performance and Representation of Regional Dialects / / Urszula Clark.

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...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2019 Part 1
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2019]
©2019
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Language and Social Life [LSL] , 13
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Physical Description:1 online resource (IX, 179 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • 1 Staging language: Place and identity in the enactment, performance and representation of regional dialects
  • 2 Further theoretical considerations
  • 3 Staging language in performance: Comedy and parody
  • 4 Staging language in performance: Comedy and parody in contemporary Afro Caribbean performances
  • 5 Staging language in performance: Performance poetry and drama
  • 6 Agentive and situational dialect use: Place and identity in and beyond staged performance
  • References
  • Index