A Glasgow Voice: James Kelman's Literary Language
This book focuses on James Kelman, a leading Scottish author, and his use of language. It examines how Kelman presents a spoken Glasgow working-class voice in his stories while breaking down the traditional distinction made between speech and writing in l
GenresDiscourse analysis, NarrativeSociolinguistics in literatureWorking classLanguageScots languageDialects
390 pages, 4 editions
English edition · First published 2011 by Cambridge Scholars Pub · ISBN 9781283143264
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Editions
4 editions
English
- A Glasgow Voice: James Kelman's Literary Language · Cambridge Scholars Pub · 2011 · ISBN 9781283143264 This page
- A Glasgow Voice: James Kelman's Literary Language · Cambridge Scholars Pub · 2011 · ISBN 9781443829458
- A Glasgow Voice: James Kelman's Literary Language · Cambridge Scholars Pub · 2011 · ISBN 9786613143266
- A Glasgow Voice: James Kelman's Literary Language · Cambridge Scholars Pub · 2011 · ISBN 9781443831444
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