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1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 56 min.)) : sound, color |
| Summary |
Southerners talk too slowly. New Yorkers are rude. New Englanders don't say much at all. Anybody who lives in the U.S. knows the clichés about how people in the various parts of the country handle the English language. American tongues is the first documentary to explore the impact of these linguistic attitudes in a fresh and exciting manner. For over ten years American tongues has entertained and educated audiences from the high school level on up. It is in use in thousands of colleges, universities, corporate training offices, military installations, TESL classes, and other institutions. American tongues has been an enormously useful teaching tool for helping students and workers hear examples of regional speech and attitudes and relate them to their own lives. Some of the points included in American tongues: profiles of a number of linguistic communities, including the remarkable relic area of Tangier Island, Virginia; a survey of American linguistic prejudice (regional, social, racial); the role of the mass media in fostering stereotypes; opinions and examples of Black English (Ebonics); how accents in one locale can differ by social class |
| Notes |
Originally produced by The Center for New American Media in 1988 |
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Streaming video file |
| Credits |
Directors, Louis Alvarez, Andy Kolker ; executive producers, Louis Alvarez, Andy Kolker ; music, Mack Rabinack (Dr. John), Lou Marini, George Davis ; principle advisers, Walt Wolfram, Frederic Cassidy, Raven McDavid ; a production of The Center of New American Media |
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Narrator: Trey Wilson, Polly Holliday ; participants: Molly Ivins, Robert Klein, Walt Wolfram, Frederic Cassidy |
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Soundtrack in English; closed-captioned in English |
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Online resource; title from title frames (Kanopy, viewed March 5, 2020) |
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English language -- Dialects -- United States.
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English language -- Dialects -- United States -- Public opinion
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English language -- Dialects -- Variation -- United States
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Dialectology.
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Americanisms.
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Ethnic groups -- United States
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Americanisms.
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Dialectology.
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English language -- Dialects.
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Ethnic groups.
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United States.
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Internet videos.
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Documentary films.
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Feature films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Documentary films.
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Feature films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Internet videos.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Documentaires.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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Vidéos sur Internet.
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Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Alvarez, Louis, film director, film producer.
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Kolker, Andrew, film director, film producer.
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Dr. John, 1941-2019, composer (expression)
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Wilson, Trey, narrator.
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Holliday, Polly, 1937- narrator.
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Ivins, Molly, on-screen participant.
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Klein, Robert, 1942- on-screen participant.
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Wolfram, Walt, 1941- commentator.
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Cassidy, Frederic G., 1907-2000, commentator.
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McDavid, Raven I., Jr. (Raven Ioor), 1911-1984.
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Center for New American Media, presenter, production company, publisher.
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