Living Memory The Social Aesthetics of Language in a Northern Italian Town |
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| Author:
| Cavanaugh, Jillian R. |
| Series title: | Wiley Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4443-0828-0 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2009 |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Book Format: | Digital download |
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Book Description:
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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...
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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
* Part of the Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture Series