Living Memory The Social Aesthetics of Language in a Northern Italian Town
, by Cavanaugh, Jillian R.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781405168823 | 140516882X
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 3/9/2009
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