
Cockney Past and Present
A Short History of the Dialect of London
William Matthews(Author)
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 2. February 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
246 pages
978-1-138-91596-1 (ISBN)
Description
Although Cockney can be considered to be one of the most important non-standard forms of English, there had been little to no scholarly attention on the dialect prior to William Matthews's 1938 volume Cockney Past and Present. Matthews traced the course of the speech of London from the sixteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century by gathering information from many sources including plays, novels, music-hall songs, the comments of critics and the speech and recollections of living Cockneys. This book will be of interest to students of language and linguistics.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
406 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-138-91596-1 (9781138915961)
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Content
Preface; 1. Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries 2. Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries 3. Present-Day Cockney 4. Cockney in the Music-Hall 5. Mannerisms and Slang 6. Pronunciation and Grammar 7. The Influence of Cockney on Standard English; Bibliography; Index