Written by an author brought up in working-class Liverpool in the
1960s and 1970s, Liverpool: A Memoir of Words is a work of creative
non-fiction that combines the study of language in Liverpool with
social history, the history of the English language and personal
memoir. A beautifully written book, based on a lifetime’s
academic research, it explores the relationship between language
and memory, and demonstrates the ways in which words are enmeshed
in history and history in words. Starting with ‘Ace’ and
weaving its way alphabetically to ‘Z-Cars’, the work
illustrates the deep relationship that has been forged in the past
two hundred years or so between a form of language, a place and a
social identity. The account is funny, sad, full of surprises and
always illuminating. It tells the real history of ‘Scouse’,
details the multicultural complexity of Liverpool English, examines
the common use of ‘plazzymorphs’, and shows how Liverpudlian
words exemplify standard processes of change and development.
Neither a memoir, dictionary or history book, this work crosses
different fields of knowledge in order to weave an engaging and
fascinating story. It is a book that will educate and delight
Liverpudlians, students of language and social historians alike.
General
Imprint: |
Liverpool University Press
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
October 2023 |
Authors: |
Tony Crowley
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Dimensions: |
239 x 163mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
176 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-83764-438-4 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-83764-438-1 |
Barcode: |
9781837644384 |
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