Wallace's Dialects

by Mary Shapiro

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Mary Shapiro explores the use of regional and ethnic dialects in the works of David Foster Wallace, not just as a device used to add realism to dialogue, but as a vehicle for important social commentary about the role language plays in our daily lives, how we express personal identity, and how we navigate social relationships.

Wallace's Dialects straddles the fields of linguistic criticism and folk linguistics, considering which linguistic...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1501371134

ISBN13:9781501371134

Release Date:December 2021

Publisher:Bloomsbury Academic

Length:240 Pages

Weight:0.60 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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Language Arts Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections

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