Dialects in Film Revisited

[Joanne M. Despres]

The characters of Will Hunting and his buddies in "Good Will
Hunting" speak a Boston dialect that underscores their blue-collar
origins.

Joanne Despres

On 6 Sep 2005, at 10:22, Patti Kurtz wrote:

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