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Author Boberg, Charles, author.

Title Accent in North American film and television : a sociophonetic analysis / Charles Boberg
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021
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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 359 pages) : illustrations
Summary "Drawing on data from well-known actors in popular films and TV shows, this reference guide surveys the representation of accent in North American film and TV over eight decades. It analyses the speech of 180 film and television performances from the 1930s to today, looking at how that speech has changed, how it reflects the regional backgrounds, gender and ethnic ancestry of the actors, and how phonetic variation and change in the 'real world' have been both portrayed in, and possibly influenced by, film and television speech. It also clearly explains the technical concepts necessary for understanding the phonetic analysis of accents. Providing new insights into the role of language in the expression of North American cultural identity, this is essential reading for researchers and advanced students in linguistics, film, television and media studies, and North American studies, as well as the larger community interested in film and television"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 22, 2021)
Subject Accents and accentuation in motion pictures.
Motion pictures and language -- United States
Motion pictures and language -- Canada
English language -- Variation -- United States
English language -- Variation -- Canada
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General.
Accents and accentuation in motion pictures
English language -- Variation
Motion pictures and language
Canada
United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021024800
ISBN 9781316579817
1316579816