Upper-class English in Natural and Audiovisual Dialogue

This volume deals with the language of the British upper class in natural face-to-face dialogue and how this is rendered fictionally in audiovisual media. Its main aim is that of reorganising the sparse information on the topic that is found in previous scholarly studies through a qualitative methodological approach.
After focusing on the linguistic description and evolution of the upper-class sociolect, the study offers original insights on the language of the Royal Family and its representation in the TV series The Crown.
The results from this research, which combines the disciplines of sociolinguistics and dialectology applied to the audiovisual text, will hopefully open a new path in the study of language of elite groups in Britain, arguably an under-researched topic.

List of contents

Linguistic features of upper-class English
History of upper-class English
Upper-class English in real life
Upper-class English in cinema and TV

About the author

Luca Valleriani obtained a PhD in English Studies at the Sapienza University of Rome. His main research interests are sociolinguistics and the analysis of telecinematic dialogue. He is a member of the AIA (Associazione Italiana di Anglistica) and he is co-coordinator of the Dialects in Audiovisuals project.

Product details

• Authors: Luca Valleriani
• Assisted by: Lukasz Bogucki (Editor)
• Publisher: Peter Lang
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9783631862964
• ISBN: 978-3-631-86296-4
• No. of pages: 176
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 15 mm x 210 mm
• Weight: 344 g
• Illustrations: 14 Abb.
• Series: Lódz Studies in Language; Lodz Studies in Language; ¿ód¿ Studies in Language
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures