Wednesday, 2 April 2014

Regional Identity

Andrew Higson 1998- "Identity is generally understood to be the shared identity of naturalised inhabitants of a particular political-geographic space- this can be a particular nation or region."

Medhurst- "They are awful because they are not like us."

Colloquial Dialect- Way people speak/ phrases used in a certain region
e.g Cornwall 'Dreckly'
London 'Gezza' 'Apples and pairs'

Semantic Field: words grouped together to do with a certain region
E.g Texas- Horses, oil, cowboy hats, guns etc

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