"Extremely Common Eloquence presents a detailed analysis of the narrative and rhetorical skills employed by working-class Scots in talking about important aspects of their lives. The wide range of devices employed by the speakers and the high quality of the examples provide convincing evidence to reject any possible negative evaluation of working-class speech on the basis of details of non-standard pronunciation and grammar. In addition to this display of linguistic accomplishment the examples examined show how these skills are employed to communicate important aspects of Scottish identity and culture."--BOOK JACKET.
Series Statement
Scottish cultural review of language and literature ; v. 3
Uniform Title
Scottish cultural review of language and literature ; v. 3.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [277]-294) and index.
Processing Action (note)
committed to retain
Contents
Ch. 1. The study of language -- Ch. 2. The problems of transcription -- Ch. 3. A small soap opera -- Ch. 4. The uses of dialogue -- Ch. 5. The significance of stories -- Ch. 6. Third person narratives -- Ch. 7. A stylistic anomaly -- Ch. 8. Family stories -- Ch. 9. The auld Scotch tongue -- Ch. 10. The culture of Jock Tamson's bairns -- Ch. 11. The poetry of talk -- Ch. 12. Discover the people -- App. A. Len M.'s trip to Russia and two versions of a story -- App. B. Bill Dalgleish's story -- App. C. Bella K.'s father.