"You're not from New York city, You're from Rotherham": Dialect and identity in British indie music

Journal of English Linguistics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 223-240

  Beal, Joan C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Identity; Indexicality; Northern British English; Performance style

Indexed keywords

EID: 70249083444     PISSN: 00754242     EISSN: 15525457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0075424209340014     Document Type: Article

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