The New Cockney

New Ethnicities and Adolescent Speech in the Traditional East End of London

• Author(s): S. Fox,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 247
• ISBN_10: 1137318252
  ISBN_13: 9781137318251
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General , Social Science / Emigration & Immigration , Social Science / Sociology / General , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Pragmatics , Language Arts & Disciplines / Reference , Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Literary Criticism / General ,

Description:... The New Cockney provides a sociolinguistic account of speech variation among adolescents in the 'traditional' East End of London. Embedded in its social context, it focuses on the interaction and social practices within a single community and highlights some of the possible mechanisms for language change.