Overview
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 Labour. This is a witty, readable account of a fascinating subject, liberally spiced with quotations from English speech and writing over the past 250 years.
Full Product Details
Author: Lynda Mugglestone (, University of Oxford)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 16.20cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 24.10cm
Weight: 0.661kg
ISBN: 9780199250615
ISBN 10: 0199250618
Pages: 364
Publication Date: 20 February 2003
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
What Talking Proper does very well is to trace the process by which spoken Engish came to incorporate the view that a particular way of pronouncing it was superior to any other and should be recognised as the phonetic standard. John Sturrock, London Review of Books ... a fascinating and authoritative insight into the rise (and fall?) of RP with a valuable, wide-ranging collection of well-researched data that is always clearly and carefully presented. Linguist List ... there is a commendable effort to ensure that the phonetics is easily accessible to non-experts and so does not constitute a barrier for those with no specialist training in the field. Linguist List ... much fascinating, carefully researched information about the development of a socially pre-eminent accent in Britain. Linguist List ... includes an impressive array of quotes from a wide range of sources. Linguist List
What Talking Proper does very well is to trace the process by which spoken Engish came to incorporate the view that a particular way of pronouncing it was superior to any other and should be recognised as the phonetic standard. John Sturrock, London Review of Books ... a fascinating and authoritative insight into the rise (and fall?) of RP with a valuable, wide-ranging collection of well-researched data that is always clearly and carefully presented. Linguist List ... there is a commendable effort to ensure that the phonetics is easily accessible to non-experts and so does not constitute a barrier for those with no specialist training in the field. Linguist List ... much fascinating, carefully researched information about the development of a socially pre-eminent accent in Britain. Linguist List ... includes an impressive array of quotes from a wide range of sources. Linguist List
Author Information
Lynda Mugglestone is News International Lecturer in Language and Communication, University of Oxford and Fellow in English Language and Literature, Pembroke College, Oxford.
