Scouse a Social and Cultural History

"Scouse: A Social and Cultural History is a ground-breaking and iconoclastic account which challenges many of the forms of received wisdom about the history of language in Liverpool. Exploring evidence from a host of different sources ranging from the mid-eighteenth century to the present, the analysis draws on recent developments within the fields of sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology - particularly with regard to the study of language and identity and the relationship between language and a sense of place - in order to provide a radically new understanding of 'Scouse' in terms of it."@en
"Nowhere in Britain is more closely associated with a form of language than Liverpool. Yet the history of language in Liverpool has been obscured by misrepresentation and myth-making and narratives of Liverpool's linguistic past have scarcely done justice to the rich, complex and fascinating history which produced it. Scouse: A Social and Cultural History presents a ground-breaking and iconoclastic account which challenges many of the forms of received wisdom about language in Liverpool and presents an alternative version of the currently accepted history. Ranging from the mid eighteenth centur."@en