Do you speak American?
Episode 2
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Contributions
- Cassidy, Orlagh - Contributor
- Palmer, Allan - Contributor
- Frost, Joe - Contributor
- Foss, Paul - Contributor
- Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm) - Contributor
and 4 more
- MacNeil/Lehrer Productions - Contributor
- Paladin InVision, Ltd - Contributor
- WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.) - Contributor
- KLRU (Television station : Austin, Tex.) - Contributor
Publication
2005 - Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Princeton, NJ, New Jersey
Language
English
Word Count
14,250 words, Guess
Page Count
57 pages
Physical Format
Video Recording
Identifiers
- OCLC Control Number58750160
- Open LibraryOL47076994M
Alternate Titles
- Down south
- Do you speak American? (Television program)
Description
Follows Robert MacNeil as he travels down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers to Appalachia, Louisiana Cajun country, and the Tex-Mex border to examine Southern dialects and accents and the influences of French and Spanish on American English. Linguist Walt Wolfram, columnist Molly Ivins, pop country singer Cody James, and others talk about regional differences in vernacular, the steady displacement of Southern coastal dialect by inland dialect, the accents of JFK and LBJ, and the Texas border town of El Cenizo, where Spanish is the official language. Includes recordings of Eudora Welty and Appalachian storyteller Ray Hicks, as well as WPA recordings from around 1940.
Subjects
Series Statement
- TED 665 (NU course)
- TED 666 (NU course)
Other Editions
- Do you speak American?: Episode 2
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