Accent in North American Film and Television: A Sociophonetic Analysis

Charles Boberg

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Charles Boberg, McGill University, Montréal

Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date: December 2021
Print publication year: 2021
Online ISBN: 9781316579817
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316579817

Subjects: Phonetics and Phonology, Sociolinguistics, Language and Linguistics

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Drawing on data from well-known actors in popular films and TV shows, this reference guide surveys the representation of accent in North American film and TV over eight decades. It analyzes the speech of 180 film and television performances from the 1930s to today, looking at how that speech has changed; how it reflects the regional backgrounds, gender, and ethnic ancestry of the actors; and how phonetic variation and change in the 'real world' have been both portrayed in, and possibly influenced by, film and television speech. It also clearly explains the technical concepts necessary for understanding the phonetic analysis of accents. Providing new insights into the role of language in the expression of North American cultural identity, this is essential reading for researchers and advanced students in linguistics, film, television and media studies, and North American studies, as well as the larger community interested in film and television.

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Accent in North American Film and Television
pp i-ii

Accent in North American Film and Television - Title page
pp iii-iii

Copyright page
pp iv-iv

Dedication
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-xi

Figures
pp xii-xiii

Tables
pp xiv-xv

Acknowledgments
pp xvi-xviii

1 - Introduction
pp 1-57

2 - Method
pp 58-108

3 - The Emergence of General North American English
pp 109-164

4 - Sex Differences in General North American English
pp 165-179

5 - New York City English in Film and Television
pp 180-204

6 - Other Regional Accents in North American Film and Television
pp 205-251

7 - Ethnic Accents in North American Film and Television
pp 252-294

8 - Summary and Conclusions
pp 295-304

Appendices
pp 305-323

Appendix A - Alphabetical Concordance of All Actors Analyzed, with Birth Years (BY) and Dialect Regions or Ethnic Groups, the Films or Television Series in which They Appear, and Number of Tokens Analyzed
pp 305-305

Appendix B - Alphabetical Concordance of All Films and Television Series Analyzed, with Performance Years and Cast Members Analyzed
pp 305-305

Appendix C - Additional Vowel Charts
pp 305-323

References
pp 324-342

Index of Actors
pp 343-348

Index of Film and Television Titles
pp 349-353

Index of Subjects
pp 354-360

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