Living Memory: The Social Aesthetics of Language in a Northern Italian Town

1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-1-4051-6882-3
Verlag: Wiley

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 558 g

Reihe: Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture

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

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cavanaugh, Jillian R.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Sprachsoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Dialektologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Editor's Preface.

Preface.

Constructing Transcripts: Orthographic Conventions and Transcription Processes.

1. Introduction.

2. Bergamasco in Use: The Feel of Everyday Speaking.

3. Gendering Language.

4. Bergamasco on Stage: Poetry and Theater.

5. Modern Campanilismo: The Value of Place.

6. Bergamo, Italy, Europe: Speaking Contextualized.

7. Conclusion.

Notes.

References.

Index.

Über Autor(innen)

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.