Accent in North American Film and Television - A Sociophonetic Analysis

A phonetic analysis of accents in North American film and television: how they vary and how they have changed.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Method; 3. The emergence of general North American English: eight decades of sound change; 4. Sex differences in general North American English; 5. New York city English in film and television; 6. Other regional accents in North American film and television; 7. Ethnic accents in North American film and television; 8. Summary and conclusions; Appendices.

About the author

Charles Boberg is Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He is a coauthor of the Atlas of North American English and the Handbook of Dialectology and author of The English Language in Canada. His current research focuses on variation and change in Canadian English and on accents in North American film and television.

Summary

A guide to film and TV accents for linguists, media scholars, actors, and dialect coaches. It shows how pronunciation has changed since the 1930s, and how it continues to reflect the regional background, gender and ethnic ancestry of actors today, while also exploring the relationship between on-screen and off-screen speech.

Product details

• Authors: Charles Boberg, Charles (Mcgill University Boberg, Boberg Charles
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2024
• EAN: 9781316604892
• ISBN: 978-1-316-60489-2
• No. of pages: 377
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; Media Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Films, cinema, Sociolinguistics, Phonetics, phonology, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General