An in-depth study of language and language use within the Bangladeshi community in the East London borough of Tower Hamlets. Based on a corpus of spontaneous speech data collected within the area, the book provides the reader with an overview of the linguistic characteristics of…
Following two major waves of immigration after World War II, the Bangladeshi community in the East London borough of Tower Hamlets is now one of the largest in the Bangladeshi diaspora, counting some 65,000 people. This is the first in-depth study of language and language-use wi…
An in-depth study of language and language use within the Bangladeshi community in the East London borough of Tower Hamlets. Based on a corpus of spontaneous speech data collected within the area, the book provides the reader with an overview of the linguistic characteristics of…
Although Cockney can be considered to be one of the most important non-standard forms of English, there had been little to no scholarly attention on the dialect prior to William Matthews's 1938 volume Cockney Past and Present . Matthews traced the course of the speech of London …
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 w…
Nowhere in Britain is more closely associated with a form of language than Liverpool. Yet the history of language in Liverpool has been obscured by misrepresentation and myth-making and narratives of Liverpool's linguistic past have scarcely done justice to the rich, complex and…
Scouse: A Social and Cultural History is a ground-breaking and iconoclastic account which challenges many of the forms of received wisdom about the history of language in Liverpool. Exploring evidence from a host of different sources ranging from the mid-eighteenth century to th…
