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Publication details [#56577]
Bennet, Joe. 2012. ‘And what comes out may be a kind of screeching’: The stylisation of chavspeak in contemporary Britain. Journal of Sociolinguistics 16 (1) : 5–27. 
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Journal WWW
Annotation
It is argued that UK non-standard English working class 'chavspeak' stylisations can be firstly regarded as combinations of well-identified stereotypes. The enregisterment of chavspeak appears very fragmented yet coherent in terms of ideological force.