Publications
Publication details [#55198]
Johnstone, Barbara. 2011. Dialect enregisterment in performance. Journal of Sociolinguistics 15 (5) : 657–679. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Place, Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Journal WWW
Annotation
This study examines sociolinguistic dialect enregisterment in two comedy sketches executed by a team of radio DJs. It delineates what an idealized ‘culturally literate’ audience member is required to know in order to comprehend the performance.