Scouse
Subtitle: A Social and Cultural History
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9781846318405
Subjects: English language, dialects; England, social life and customs; Great britain, history
Description: The history of language in Liverpool has been obscured by misrepresentation, and narratives of Liverpool's linguistic past have scarcely done justice to the rich and complex history which produced it. This book presents an account which challenges many of the forms of received wisdom about language in Liverpool and presents an alternate version.