‘[Sir,] Who is the English Authority on Pronunciation?’: Accent and Normative Attitude in The Times (1785–1922)
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2016
Citazione:
‘[Sir,] Who is the English Authority on Pronunciation?’: Accent and Normative Attitude in The Times (1785–1922) / M. Sturiale. - In: LANGUAGE AND HISTORY. - ISSN 1759-7536. - 59:1(2016), pp. 37-47. [10.1080/17597536.2016.1176291]
Abstract:
This paper highlights the role of "The Times" as a mirror of the Late
Modern standard accent ideology and normative tradition. The
debate on language standards — which first involved grammarians,
lexicographers, and orthoepists —, thanks to the ‘new’ media, went
beyond the scholarly confines, thus allowing ‘the lay community’
(Lukač 2015: 1) to have their say on linguistic matters. Some of
the questions addressed concern the perception of ‘authority on
pronunciation’ in nineteenth-century Britain through the analysis of
a corpus of letters to the editor published in the period 1785 to 1922.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
letters to the editor; The Times; accent attitude; language authority; normative tradition
Elenco autori:
M. Sturiale
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