The social aesthetics of language in a northern Italian town
By: Jillian R. Cavanaugh.
Series: Blackwell studies in discourse and culture
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9781405168823
Subjects: Sociolinguistics -- Italy -- Bergamo; Language and culture -- Italy -- Bergamo; Italian language -- Dialects -- Italy -- Bergamo; Bergamo (Italy) -- Intellectual life -- 21st century
Genres: Bergamo.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Bergamasco in use: the feel of everyday speaking; title: Gendering language; title: Bergamasco on stage: poetry and theater; title: Modern campanilismo : the value of place; title: Bergamo, Italy, Europe: speaking contextualized; title: Conclusion.