have different regional accents of English. Some people have positive attitude towards the different regional accents of English. They believe that the way people speak is always changing based on what they hear from their linguistic environment. There are a few scenes in the film where people share what they think about using certain dialects in positive attitude. In one scene‚ there is an African-American woman who is interviewed and asked whether she uses a vernacular dialect or a standard form of
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aspects of geographical linguistics within the United States. A dialect or an accent means the words we use and how we pronounce them‚ and in this case the language is American English. Variations of English that result in local dialects are discussed‚ reasons for dialect differences are given‚ and attitudes about dialects are shown in the video. There are several ways that dialects form from "standard" languages. First there is accent or the way the language is pronounced. Second there is vocabulary
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English‚ southern English‚ New York dialect‚ and Spanish influenced English and many more. The movie represents some of the social and regional differences in how Americans speak and portray their opinions and attitudes on how different everyone is. People’s attitudes about dialects and accents that are typically negative toward one another and are seen as sub-standard forms of English. One good point that was made during the film was that depending on someone’s accent‚ people will judge you in the way
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the speech of individuals and groups. Linguistics 201‚ May 28‚ 2001 Kordula De Kuthy 1 Dialect 2 Accent Any variety of a language characterized by systematic differences in pronunciation‚ grammar‚ and vocabulary from other varieties of the same language is called a dialect. Everyone speaks a dialect – in fact‚ many dialects at different levels. The people who speak a certain dialect are called a speech community. Some of the larger dialectal divisions in the English speaking
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of what it means to have a Southern accent‚ your mind goes straight to the stereotypical renditions you have heard from media portrayals of the South. Probably‚ the examples you think of are highly exaggerated‚ like Scarlett O’Hara’s Deep South‚ r-less rendition of a Southerner exclaiming Well ah nevah! (Bailey 11) or like those in “Gone with the Wind” or “Dukes of Hazzard County‚” both of which reinforce the negatively stigmatized‚ stereotypical Southern accent (Lippi-Green 218). Southern American
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Tongues is a 1988 documentary made to illustrate some of the dialects of American English. It features commentaries from several groups of professionals‚ such as sociolinguists Roger Shuy and Walt Wolfram‚ columnists Mike Harden and Molly Ivins‚ therapist Dennis Becker and historian A.C. Greene. The most prominent commentators are Walt Wolfram and Molly Ivins‚ who addressed sociolinguistic attitudes and stereotypes about American dialects. Below are the biographical notes of some of the commentators:
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linguistic profiling has on people‚ specifically on the people with an “undesirable accent or dialect” (2003‚ p.155). Much like racial profiling and its negative effects on people of color‚ linguistic profiling is the practice of imposing certain social characteristics on people who speak with a particular accent or dialect. As with racial profiling‚ linguistic profiling places certain stigmas on accents or dialects. Baugh begins by discussing discriminatory linguistic profiling‚ and the approval
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North American English Dialects NORTH AMERICAN ACCENTS OF ENGLISH Major dialect groups: General American: Central Eastern Midland Northern Western Northeastern: New York City New England Southern: Inland Lower Canadian: General Canadian Maritime Newfoundland G4 Proseminar Dialectology http://www.ifla.uni-stuttgart.de/~jilka/ North American English Dialects THE SOUTH • the historical South consists of two main dialectal areas: – Coastal or Lower Southern (southern
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New York dialect is a dialect of the English Language that is spoken by many people in New York City and much of its surrounding metropolitan area. (including the 5 boroughs‚ Long Island‚ Westchester County‚ the lower Hudson Valley & surrounding parts of Connecticut & New Jersey). Also It is one of the most recognizable dialects within American English . The variation within the same accent The variations of the New York accent are a result of the layering of ethnic speech from the waves
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varied from over the past 200 years. The Australian accent was developed so the first generation could identify themselves as Australians. During the late 19th century‚ attitudes towards the Australian accent became negative and were in favour of British English. However‚ one hundred years later‚ opinions changed and the Australian accent was once again seen as a part of the national identity of Australia. The creation of the Australian accent emanated from the need of the first generation Australians
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