Speaking Pittsburghese : The Story of a Dialect

Name: Speaking Pittsburghese
Brand: Oxford University Press Inc
SKU: 9780199945702
Price: 12600 KES
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ISBN: 9780199945702

by Barbara Johnstone

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Format Paperback / softback

Book Series Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics

ISBN-10 0199945705

ISBN-13 9780199945702

Publisher Oxford University Press Inc

Imprint Oxford University Press Inc

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Dec 5th, 2013

Print length 288 Pages

Weight 388 grams

Dimensions 15.70 x 23.40 x 2.00 cms

Product Classification: linguistics Sociolinguistics Anthropology

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An engaging exploration of the history of Pittsburghese, one of the most recognizable urban "dialects" in the United States today.

This book explores the history of Pittsburghese, the language of the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area as it is imagined and used by Pittsburghers. Pittburghese is linked to local identity so strongly that it is alluded to almost every time people talk about what Pittsburgh is like, or what it means to be a Pittsburgher. But what happened during the second half of the 20th century to reshape a largely unnoticed way of speaking into this highly visible urban "dialect"? In this book, sociolinguist Barbara Johnstone focuses on this question. Treating Pittsburghese as a cultural product of talk, writing, and other forms of social practice, Johnstone shows how non-standard pronunciations, words, and bits of grammar used in the Pittsburgh area were taken up into a repertoire of words and phrases and a vocal style that has become one of the most resonant symbols of local identity in the United States today.

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