Dialects in films

[Wilson Gray]

On Feb 23, 2005, at 11:28 AM, Kathryn Remlinger wrote:

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> Here are a few more film suggestions. (My previous message got cut in
> transit. )
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> Mickey Blue Eyes (good for discussions of accommodation and dialect
> "passing"--Hugh Grant tries to pass as a member of a New York mob
> family)
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> Selina (Chicano English, code-switching)
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> Barber Shop I (varieties of AAE, good for dispelling myths about
> speakers of AAE)

In this movie, there's an occurrence of "antybody," pronounced
approximately "[IntI]body," wherein the [t] is fully pronounced, with
apiration. This is an intensive pronunciation of "anybody" that I'd
never before heard outside of my own family, BE-speakers from East
Texas. Very interesting.

-Wilson Gray

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> Escanaba in Da Moonlight (Michigan's southwestern Upper Peninsula, bad
> imitations--lack of consistency)
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> Smoke Signals (Northwest and Southwest varieties of Native American
> English)
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> And an example from TV: This week's Extreem Home Makeover--How'd They
> Do
> That (ABC, Monday) there was quite a lengthy discussion of "southern
> accents", including  a "southern vocabulary" quiz by Jeff Foxworthy and
> examples of accommodation and style-shifting by Ty, the host of the
> show.
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> --Kate
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> Kathryn Remlinger, Ph.D.
> Associate Professor of English: Linguistics
> Grand Valley State University
> Allendale, MI 49401 USA
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