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The Anglo-Cornish dialect is 'a performance, a deliberate performance': Ideological orientation and patterns of lexical variation in a peripheral dialect.
- Source :
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English Today . Sep2020, Vol. 36 Issue 3, p77-84. 8p. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Situated at the extreme south west periphery of the British Isles, Cornwall's territorial isolation bred cultural isolation which has been construed and reconstrued over time, giving Cornwall a distinctive cultural flavour. Initially borne out by facts of geography, Cornwall, or 'Kernow', experiences a dynamic yet enduring peripheral existence (see Payton, 1992). This article explores how Anglo-Cornish dialect words can be used as a means of identity construction, that is, how a Cornish way of speaking is used to construct identities associated with a Cornish way of being. I hypothesise that those who desire greater Cornish autonomy are more likely to use Anglo-Cornish dialect lexis than those who favour further socio-cultural assimilation with England. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02660784
- Volume :
- 36
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- English Today
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 145474003
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S026607842000022X