Skip to main content Accessibility help
×
Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-gbm5v Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-12T18:44:18.014Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

1 - Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 December 2021

Charles Boberg
Affiliation:
McGill University, Montréal
Get access

Summary

This chapter sets out the plan and aims of the book, discusses its theoretical context, forumlates its research questions, and discusses the status of film and television speech as data for studies of language variation and change and the authenticity of film and television speech.

Type
Chapter
Information
Accent in North American Film and Television
A Sociophonetic Analysis
, pp. 1 - 57
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)

Save book to Kindle

To save this book to your Kindle, first ensure no-reply@cambridge.org is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.

Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

  • Introduction
  • Charles Boberg, McGill University, Montréal
  • Book: Accent in North American Film and Television
  • Online publication: 16 December 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316579817.001
Available formats
×

Save book to Dropbox

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Dropbox.

  • Introduction
  • Charles Boberg, McGill University, Montréal
  • Book: Accent in North American Film and Television
  • Online publication: 16 December 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316579817.001
Available formats
×

Save book to Google Drive

To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to Google Drive.

  • Introduction
  • Charles Boberg, McGill University, Montréal
  • Book: Accent in North American Film and Television
  • Online publication: 16 December 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316579817.001
Available formats
×