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Talking Proper: The Rise of Accent as Social Symbol
Talking Proper is a history of the rise and fall of the English accent as a badge of cultural, social, and class identity. Lynda Mugglestone traces the origins of the phenomenon in late eighteenth-century London, follows its history through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and charts its downfall during the era of New Labor. This is a witty, readable account of a fa...more
Paperback, 360 pages
Published
August 1st 2007
by Oxford University Press, USA
(first published April 10th 2003)
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