Lynda Mugglestone. ‘Talking Proper’. The Rise of Accent as Social Symbol. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995. viii + 353 pp. £35 hb.

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Katja Lenz | Englisches Seminar, Universität zu Köln

Published online: 1 January 1995

https://doi.org/10.1075/eww.16.2.09len

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Lynda Mugglestone. ‘Talking Proper’. The Rise of Accent as Social Symbol. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995. viii + 353 pp. £35 hb.

Lynda Mugglestone. ‘Talking Proper’. The Rise of Accent as Social Symbol. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995. viii + 353 pp. £35 hb.