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work_fuitteiujbc3vdqzp6qhrwmxui	Martha Vicinus	Language and class in Victorian England	1986	3	.pdf	application/pdf	1231	73	66	K.C. Phillipps, Language and class in Victorian England. A.S.C. Ross on linguistic indicators of social class during the mid-1950s in England. acceptable upper-class usage.) Phillipps specifically focuses upon the subtle distinctions When the upper classes began to dine in the evening, a late dinner hour came Phillipps traces the subtle linguistic evolution of meals, forms,of address, slang and Phillipps' remarks about generational differences within the upper classes are particularly instructive. Victorian middle-class novelists are themselves less reliable about the language of the For example, he does not mention that peculiarly upper-class idiom, 'my people'. Just as upper-class English to this day often substitute the impersonal use of 'one' for this implies contrasts sharply with the language of the upper-classes and is well worth Language and class in Victorian England is a highly readable survey of well-known surely linguists do not need to be reminded that language reflects social class.	./cache/work_fuitteiujbc3vdqzp6qhrwmxui.pdf	./txt/work_fuitteiujbc3vdqzp6qhrwmxui.txt