Do you speak American? Up North
Robert MacNeil canvasses the North to learn firsthand about linguistic dialect zones, the tension between prescriptivism and descriptivism, the impact on dialect, the northern cities vowel shift, the roots of African-American English, minority linguistic profiling, biases against nonstandard speech,...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, NJ :
Films for the Humanities & Sciences,
c2005.
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| Summary: | Robert MacNeil canvasses the North to learn firsthand about linguistic dialect zones, the tension between prescriptivism and descriptivism, the impact on dialect, the northern cities vowel shift, the roots of African-American English, minority linguistic profiling, biases against nonstandard speech, and the general perception of the U.S. Midland dialect as "normal American." Hip-hop street talk, IM slang, Pittsburghese, and Gullah and Geechee are sampled. Features Bill Labov, the dean of American linguists; Jesse Sheidlower, American editor of the august OED; and 'New York' magazine's John Simon. Some language may be offensive. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (57 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD. System requirements: DVD-ROM drive required to access Web links included with the program. |
| Production Credits: | Cameraman, Allan Palmer ; editor, Joe Frost ; composer, Paul Foss. |
