The New Cockney
New Ethnicities and Adolescent Speech in the Traditional East End of London
Published on 1. January 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
XV, 247 pages
978-1-349-30140-9 (ISBN)
Description
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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Edition
1st ed. 2015
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
XV, 247 p.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
388 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-30140-9 (9781349301409)
DOI
10.1057/9781137318251
Schweitzer Classification
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04/2015
Palgrave Macmillan
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Person
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.
Content
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