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a series of videos on English vocabulary, language origins, and other language and society related topics
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Seth Meyers “Boston Accent Trailer”
This segment from Late Night with Seth Meyers, “Boston Accent Trailer”, parodies Hollywood films set in Boston and their treatment of language. It comments humorously… Read More »Seth Meyers “Boston Accent Trailer”
Films to show in class
Here are some films that people on the linganth list have mentioned as good to show in class: Mickey Mouse Monopoly (good with Lippi-Green): http://www.mediaed.org/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=112 Multilingual… Read More »Films to show in class
Regional variation in pronunciation/ dialect map
This website demonstrates regional variation in pronunciation with examples of how people in different parts of the US pronounce the word “bought.” http://www.utexas.edu/courses/linguistics/resources/socioling/boughtmap/index.html Creole, Gullah* http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPGx1icFdLQ… Read More »Regional variation in pronunciation/ dialect map
Endangered Smith Island dialect
This video shows an example of the endangered Smith Island dialect of English