dialects in movies

[George Thompson]

The role of dialects in movies, or their presentation, was batted about here in (it seems) 1999 and again in 2005.  Check the ADS-L Archives -- I used "dialects movies" in the subject box -- there may be other possibilites.

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GAT

George A. Thompson
Author of A Documentary History of "The African Theatre", Northwestern Univ. Pr., 1998, but nothing much lately.

----- Original Message -----
From: urszula majchrzak <umajchrzak at gmail.com>
Date: Saturday, March 29, 2008 2:11 pm
Subject: dialects in movies
To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU


> Hi,
> I'm writing a B.A. paper on American dialects in the movies. More
> specifically, I'm searching for the use of stereotypes based on
> dialects and
> trying to determine how much the use of dialects in the movies
> influence our
> view of people.
> I was wondering if someone could suggest a selection of movies I
> should look
> into.
> Would be grateful for any insight!
> Thanks,
>
> -Ula
>
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