Living Memory: The Social Aesthetics of Language in a Northern Italian Town - Couverture souple

Cavanaugh, Jillian R.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1118277430 ISBN 13 : 9781118277430

Editeur : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012

Synopsis

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

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jillian R. Cavanaugh is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Brooklyn College CUNY. She has published in a range of journals, including Language and Communication, Ethnos, and the Journal of Linguistic Anthropology.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wiley-Blackwell
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1118277430
• ISBN 13: 9781118277430
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 270
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