Cockney Past and Present

A Short History of the Dialect of London

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Linguistics
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Author: William Matthews ISBN: 9781317425595
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: June 26, 2015
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: William Matthews
ISBN: 9781317425595
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: June 26, 2015
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

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 from the sixteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century by gathering information from many sources including plays, novels, music-hall songs, the comments of critics and the speech and recollections of living Cockneys. This book will be of interest to students of language and linguistics.

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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 from the sixteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century by gathering information from many sources including plays, novels, music-hall songs, the comments of critics and the speech and recollections of living Cockneys. This book will be of interest to students of language and linguistics.

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