Patois and linguistic pastiche in modern literature /
In an era of globalization and European standardization, dialect, patois, and linguistic pastiche are marks of identity, of individual and regional nature. Paraphrasing the words of Luigi Pirandello, one tends to use the standard national language to express the concept, while one opts to use one�...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Newcastle, UK :
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2007.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | In an era of globalization and European standardization, dialect, patois, and linguistic pastiche are marks of identity, of individual and regional nature. Paraphrasing the words of Luigi Pirandello, one tends to use the standard national language to express the concept, while one opts to use one's regional dialect to express the feeling. The literary tradition has always accepted language mixing. Linguists and literary critics have studied this phenomenon from different perspectives. No in ... |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxi, 134 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781443809153 1443809152 1282192752 9781282192751 9786612192753 6612192755 |
