The New Cockney: New Ethnicities and Adolescent Speech in the Traditional East End of London

Author:   S. Fox ,  Fox, Charles
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
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9780230203556


Pages:   247
Publication Date:   15 April 2015
Format:   Hardback
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The New Cockney: New Ethnicities and Adolescent Speech in the Traditional East End of London


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The New Cockney provides a sociolinguistic account of speech variation among adolescents in the 'traditional' East End of London. Embedded in its social context, it focuses on the interaction and social practices within a single community and highlights some of the possible mechanisms for language change.

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Author:   S. Fox ,  Fox, Charles
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   4.336kg
ISBN:  

9780230203556


ISBN 10:   0230203558
Pages:   247
Publication Date:   15 April 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Introduction 1. The Social and Historical Context 2. Methodological Issues 3. The PRICE Variable 4. The FACE Variable5. Allomorphic Variation in the English Article System 6. The Qualitative Analysis 7. The 'New' Cockney Conclusion

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Susan Fox is a Researcher in Linguistics at Queen Mary, University of London, UK. She specialises in variationist sociolinguistics, and is principally interested in language variation and change, using both quantitative and qualitative methods of analysis. Her research work has focused mainly on the social and historical contexts that have led to the variety of English that is spoken in London today.

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