Publications

Publication details [#42630]

Cavanaugh, Jillian R. 2005. Accent matters: Material consequences of sounding local in northern Italy. Language & Communication 25 (2) : 127–148.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

accent1 | identity negotiation | ideology | semiotics

Language as a subject

Italian

Place, Publisher

Elsevier

Journal WWW

www.sciencedirect.com/

Annotation

Drawing on Goffman, this paper focuses on the accent of Bergamo, a northern Italian town, to examine semiotic ideologies of accent in both local and national contexts, whilst illustrating Bergamascos’ views on accent.