A Place to Stand: Politics & Persuasion in a Working-Class Bar
(Part of the Oxford Studies in Sociolinguistics Series)
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Linguists have become increasingly interested in examining how class culture is socially constructed and maintained through spoken language. Julie Lindquist's examination of the linguistic ethnography of a working-class bar in Chicago is an important and original contribution to the field. She examines how regular patrons argue about political issues in order to create a group identity centered around political ideology. She also shows how their political...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0195140389
ISBN13:9780195140385
Release Date:January 2002
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:216 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.6" x 8.9"
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