Extremely Common Eloquence
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Author | : Ronald K.S. Macaulay |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2021-10-18 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9004483888 |
Extremely Common Eloquence presents a detailed analysis of the narrative and rhetorical skills employed by working-class Scots in talking about important aspects of their lives. The wide range of devices employed by the speakers and the high quality of the examples provide convincing evidence to reject any possible negative evaluation of working-class speech on the basis of details of non-standard pronunciation and grammar. In addition to this display of linguistic accomplishment the examples examined show how these skills are employed to communicate important aspects of Scottish identity and culture. Although the political status of Scotland has fluctuated over the past four hundred years, the sense of Scottish identity has remained strong. Part of that sense of identity comes from a form of speech that remains markedly distinct from that of the dominant neighbour to the south. There are cultural attitudes that indicate a spirit of independence that is consistent with this linguistic difference. The ways in which the speakers in this book express themselves reveal their beliefs in egalitarianism, independence, and the value of hard work. Extremely Common Eloquence demonstrates how the methods of linguistic analysis can be combined with an investigation into cultural values.
Author | : Sara Haslam |
Publisher | : Rodopi |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9042017171 |
"Ford Madox Ford and the City assembles fourteen pioneering essays, by new as well as established European and American scholars, exploring Ford's representations of real and ideal cities, across the full range of his work, from his earliest verse, to his post-war prose and poetry of the 1920s and 1930s."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : Thomas Blount |
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Total Pages | : 268 |
Release | : 1654 |
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Total Pages | : 668 |
Release | : 1857 |
Genre | : American Orators |
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Author | : Mark Forsyth |
Publisher | : Icon Books |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 2016-11-03 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : 9781785781728 |
FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER THE ETYMOLOGICON. 'An informative but highly entertaining journey through the figures of rhetoric ... Mark Forsyth wears his considerable knowledge lightly. He also writes beautifully.' David Marsh, Guardian. Mark Forsyth presents the secret of writing unforgettable phrases, uncovering the techniques that have made immortal such lines as 'To be or not to be' and 'Bond. James Bond.' In his inimitably entertaining and witty style, he takes apart famous quotations and shows how you too can write like Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde or John Lennon. Crammed with tricks to make the most humdrum sentiments seem poetic or wise, The Elements of Eloquencereveals how writers through the ages have turned humble words into literary gold - and how you can do the same.
Author | : Robert Morace |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 192 |
Release | : 2007-07-19 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1137019344 |
This book provides an introduction to the work of Irvine Welsh, placing his fiction in historical and theoretical context. It explores Welsh's biography, his impact on contemporary Scottish fiction and the cultural relevance of his work. Including a timeline of key dates, it also offers an overview of the critical reception his work has provoked
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Total Pages | : 604 |
Release | : 1827 |
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Author | : Ronald K. S. Macaulay |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 2005-01-13 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 0195173813 |
Here the author provides a new way of examining sociolinguistic variation. Using a sample from 33 speakers of English in Glasgow, he offers a new methodological paradigm to an audience of sociolinguists and others concerned with discourse analysis.
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