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Living Memory
The Social Aesthetics of Language in a Northern Italian Town
Jillian R. Cavanaugh
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Living Memory
The Social Aesthetics of Language in a Northern Italian Town
Jillian R. Cavanaugh
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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
⢠Part of the Blackwell Studies in Discourse and Culture Series
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