Dialects in Film Revisited

[Patti Kurtz]

Oh-- an addendum-- I'm thinking of American dialects here. Thanks!

Patti

On 9/6/05, Patti Kurtz <tb5fab at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi everyone. We talked about the authenticity of dialect in film last=20
> spring. I'm wondering now if anyone can suggest examples of films that 
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> dialects in ways that either convey prestige (that is the character using=
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> the dialect is upper class, respected etc) and films that use dialect 
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> enforce negative prestige (to put down the character).
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> I don't have a certain dialect in mind, although southern seems to be 
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> often in this respect.
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> Thanks in advance.
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> Patti Kurtz
> Assistant Professor, English
> Minot State University
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