Language-related popular films?

[Ken Ehrensal]

Kerim,

If you can get episodes from "Star Trek: The Next Generation"  there is one 
titled "Darmock" in which the Enterprise encounter an 'enigmatic' people 
with whom others have not been able to establish communication.  The aliens 
speak a language that has as its logic that it refers to metaphor and the 
imagery of myths; not S-O-V like Picard and his crew.

Ken


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Ken Ehrensal
Associate Professor, Management Department
Kutztown Univ. of PA
ehrensal at kutztown.edu
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kerim Friedman" <oxusnet at gmail.com>
To: <linganth at cc.rochester.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 2:19 AM
Subject: [Linganth] Language-related popular films?


> Teaching in Taiwan, I find my students do not have the English ability
> necessary to follow films like "American Tongues" and "Cross Talk" -
> but many Hollywood films, and some documentaries from the Discovery
> Channel and National Geographic, etc. are available here with Chinese
> subtitles at the night market. Which brings me to my question: Can
> anyone think of popular films (contemporary or classics, US or
> foreign) with language related themes that might be suitable for
> teaching? I've thought of a few, but I'm not too happy with the list
> so far:
>
> Windtalkers (2002)
> Pygmalion (1938)
> The Unconquered (1954)
> Enfant sauvage, L' (1970) (many more such films about feral children
> are listed at http://www.feralchildren.com )
> Children of a Lesser God (1986)
> Ishi: The Last Yahi (1992)
> Lost in Translation (2003)
> The Conversation (1974)
>
> I almost added Blazing Saddles for the Yiddish-speaking Indian chief,
> but then thought better of it...
>
> Obviously some of these films are better than others (as far as
> teaching is concerned) - but I just wanted to put something out to jog
> people's minds. Send your suggestions to me at this address (off
> list): oxusnet [at] gmail [dot] com.
>
> I'm traveling for a while, but I'll edit together all the suggestions
> and mail it back to the list  (and on the web) when I get back.  When
> you send your suggestions please state how I should list your name and
> affiliation if I post this list publicly on the web.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Kerim
>
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> P. Kerim Friedman
> Department of Indigenous Cultures
> College of Indigenous Studies
> National DongHwa University, TAIWAN
> http://kerim.oxus.net/
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