33.285, Books: Accent in North American Film and Television: Boberg

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Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2022 09:37:39
From: Eleanor Hennerley [ehennerley at cambridge.org]
Subject: Accent in North American Film and Television: Boberg

 


Title: Accent in North American Film and Television 
Subtitle: A Sociophonetic Analysis 
Publication Year: 2021 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://www.cambridge.org/linguistics
	

Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/sociolinguistics/accent-north-american-film-and-television-sociophonetic-analysis?format=HB 


Author: Charles Boberg

Hardback: ISBN:  9781107150447 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 135.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9781107150447 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 105.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9781107150447 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 122.55


Abstract:

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 analyzes 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.
 



1. Introduction; 2. Method; 3. The emergence of general North American
English: eight decades of sound change; 4. Sex differences in general North
American English; 5. New York city English in film and television; 6. Other
regional accents in North American film and television; 7. Ethnic accents in
North American film and television; 8. Summary and conclusions; Appendices.
 


Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
                     Sociolinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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