http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/rss/books/RSS.xml The latest new books in Language and Linguistics: Language Studies en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 05:00:00 GMT 1440 http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/S/bo15592028.html No place in Britain is more closely associated with a distinct dialect than Liverpool, yet the complex and fascinating history of language in Liverpool has been obscured by misrepresentation and myth. Scouse presents a groundbreaking and iconoclastic account of language in Liverpool, offering a new alternative to currently accepted history. Drawing on a huge breadth of sources—from plays to newspaper accounts to reports to little-known essays—and informed by recent developments in linguistic anthropology and sociolinguistics, Tony Crowley charts the complex relationship between language and place. <div>No place in Britain is more closely associated with a distinct dialect than Liverpool, yet the complex and fascinating history of language in Liverpool has been obscured by misrepresentation and myth. <i>Scouse</i> presents a groundbreaking and iconoclastic account of language in Liverpool, offering a new alternative to currently accepted history. Drawing on a huge breadth of sources&mdash;from plays to newspaper accounts to reports to little-known essays&mdash;and informed by recent developments in linguistic anthropology and sociolinguistics, Tony Crowley charts the complex relationship between language and place.</div> Language and Linguistics: Language Studies Fri, 15 Feb 2013 06:00:00 GMT Tony Crowley 9781846318405