Jillian R. Cavanaugh

Living Memory (eBook, PDF)

The Social Aesthetics of Language in a Northern Italian Town

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Produktbeschreibung

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 href="http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-410785.html" target="_blank">Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture Series

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. September 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444308280
• Artikelnr.: 37357655

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Series Editor's Preface vi
Preface viii
Constructing Transcripts: Orthographic Conventions and Transcription
Processes xiii
1. Introduction 1
2. Bergamasco in Use: The Feel of Everyday Speaking 27
3. Gendering Language 64
4. Bergamasco on Stage: Poetry and Theater 83
5. Modern Campanilismo: The Value of Place 120
6. Bergamo, Italy, Europe: Speaking Contextualized 156
7. Conclusion 189
Notes 206
References 216