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Pittsburghese Shirts: Commodification And The Enregisterment Of An Urban Dialect, Barbara Johnstone
Pittsburghese Shirts: Commodification And The Enregisterment Of An Urban Dialect, Barbara Johnstone
Barbara Johnstone
This article considers a type of material artifact that circulates ideas about regional speech in the United States: T-shirts bearing words and phrases thought to be unique to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I argue that Pittsburghese shirts, seen for themselves and in the context of their production, distribution, and consumption, are part of a process leading to the creation and focusing of the idea that there is a Pittsburgh dialect. To describe how particular locally hearable forms have become linked with the city, I invoke Asif Agha’s concept of “enregisterment.” To understand why this has happened at the time and in the …
Some Personal Reflections On Rhetoric And Interdisciplinary, Barbara Johnstone
Some Personal Reflections On Rhetoric And Interdisciplinary, Barbara Johnstone
Barbara Johnstone
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In The Profession: Choosing The Right Journal For Your Manuscript, Barbara Johnstone
In The Profession: Choosing The Right Journal For Your Manuscript, Barbara Johnstone
Barbara Johnstone
No abstract provided.