How the Book Industry Responds to Authors’ Use of Dialect in Contemporary UK Fiction and Two for Joy
| dc.contributor.author | Bowden, Jennifer | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Per Henningsgaard | en_US |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Danielle O'Leary | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-09-05T02:04:02Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-09-05T02:04:02Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/95825 | |
| dc.description.abstract |
uses the pit village dialect of North-East England (Pitmatic) in the dialogue of working-class characters. The accompanying exegesis explores how writers of contemporary fiction from the UK use dialect to represent Northern and working-class characters, and whether this choice affects the response to this work from the book industry in the form of acceptance for publication, reviews and sales. | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Curtin University | en_US |
| dc.title | How the Book Industry Responds to Authors’ Use of Dialect in Contemporary UK Fiction and Two for Joy | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dcterms.educationLevel | PhD | en_US |
| curtin.department | School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry | en_US |
| curtin.accessStatus | Fulltext not available | en_US |
| curtin.faculty | Humanities | en_US |
| curtin.contributor.orcid | Bowden, Jennifer [0000-0001-7362-4939] | en_US |
| dc.date.embargoEnd | 2026-08-19 |