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Talking Proper: The Rise of Accent as Social Symbol by Lynda Mugglestone (Paperback, 2007)

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Author:-Lynda Mugglestone. Title:-Talking Proper: the Rise of Accent As Social Symbol. Genre:-Religious Sociology Study Guide.

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Talking Proper is a history of the rise and fall of the English accent as a badge of cultural, social, and class identity. Lynda Mugglestone traces the origins of the phenomenon in late eighteenth-century London, follows its history through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and charts its downfall during the era of New Labour. This is a witty, readable account of a fascinating subject, liberally spiced with quotations from English speech and writing over the past 250 years.