{"product_id":"cockney-past-and-present-william-matthews-9781138915930","title":"Cockney Past and Present: A Short History of the Dialect of London","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlthough Cockney can be considered to be one of the most important non-standard forms of English, there had been little to no scholarly attention on the dialect prior to William Matthews's 1938 volume \u003ci\u003eCockney Past and Present\u003c\/i\u003e. Matthews traced the course of the speech of London from the sixteenth century to the beginning of the twentieth century by gathering information from many sources including plays, novels, music-hall songs, the comments of critics and the speech and recollections of living Cockneys. This book will be of interest to students of language and linguistics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e William Matthews\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1138915939\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781138915930\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.63d","brand":"William Matthews","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48087791796479,"sku":"9781138915930","price":190.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3335340d-2cf0-46d3-9cc4-61ed9986c372.jpg?v=1769101402","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cockney-past-and-present-william-matthews-9781138915930","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}