How the Book Industry Responds to Authors’ Use of Dialect in Contemporary UK Fiction and Two for Joy

uses the pit village dialect of North-East England (Pitmatic) in the dialogue of working-class characters. The accompanying exegesis explores how writers of contemporary fiction from the UK use dialect to represent Northern and working-class characters, and whether this choice affects the response t...

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Main Author: Bowden, Jennifer
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2024
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/95825
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description uses the pit village dialect of North-East England (Pitmatic) in the dialogue of working-class characters. The accompanying exegesis explores how writers of contemporary fiction from the UK use dialect to represent Northern and working-class characters, and whether this choice affects the response to this work from the book industry in the form of acceptance for publication, reviews and sales.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-958252024-09-05T02:04:02Z How the Book Industry Responds to Authors’ Use of Dialect in Contemporary UK Fiction and Two for Joy Bowden, Jennifer uses the pit village dialect of North-East England (Pitmatic) in the dialogue of working-class characters. The accompanying exegesis explores how writers of contemporary fiction from the UK use dialect to represent Northern and working-class characters, and whether this choice affects the response to this work from the book industry in the form of acceptance for publication, reviews and sales. 2024 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/95825 Curtin University restricted
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How the Book Industry Responds to Authors’ Use of Dialect in Contemporary UK Fiction and Two for Joy
title How the Book Industry Responds to Authors’ Use of Dialect in Contemporary UK Fiction and Two for Joy
title_full How the Book Industry Responds to Authors’ Use of Dialect in Contemporary UK Fiction and Two for Joy
title_fullStr How the Book Industry Responds to Authors’ Use of Dialect in Contemporary UK Fiction and Two for Joy
title_full_unstemmed How the Book Industry Responds to Authors’ Use of Dialect in Contemporary UK Fiction and Two for Joy
title_short How the Book Industry Responds to Authors’ Use of Dialect in Contemporary UK Fiction and Two for Joy
title_sort how the book industry responds to authors’ use of dialect in contemporary uk fiction and two for joy
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/95825