Jimmy Smits SNL skit
This is the famous Jimmy Smits SNL skit that Jane Hill talks about in her discussion of Mock Spanish. https://www.onesnladay.com/2019/05/
Sophmoric application of readability tests
NPR’s Morning Edition and the Sunlight Foundation suggest that congressional speech-making is becoming less sophisticated. The presentation appears to validate conventional wisdom that American politics… Read More »Sophmoric application of readability tests
Call for workshops at 2013 LSA Linguistic Institute
The 2013 LSA Linguistic Institute is currently soliciting proposals for workshops and conferences. If you’ve been thinking about a workshop you’d like to create, this… Read More »Call for workshops at 2013 LSA Linguistic Institute
SLA Undergraduate Student Essay Contest
On behalf of the SLA Executive Committee, I invite you to participate in this year’s Society for Linguistic Anthropology student essay prize competition for the… Read More »SLA Undergraduate Student Essay Contest
Linguistic profiling
This HUD video on housing discrimination shows a White man taking on various accents when making phone calls to ask about apts for rent. Useful… Read More »Linguistic profiling
Language and character in Disney movies
Many of the clips in the 2001 film Mickey Mouse Monopoly: Disney, Childhood, and Corporate Power are useful for pairing with Lippi Green http://www.mediaed.org/cgi-bin/commerce.cgi?preadd=action&key=112… Read More »Language and character in Disney movies
Steve Harvey’s white voice
Black Comedian Steve Harvey compares white and black communication styles. He imitates a white man’s voice at 2:35-4:13. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICsHscXzXw0 (2:35-4:13) [Video no longer available due… Read More »Steve Harvey’s white voice
Hollywood Injun English in MacGuyver
Several episodes of MacGuyver included Hollywood portrayals of “Injun” English. MacGuyver is not currently available to stream, but episodes including Season 4, Episode 9: “Cleo… Read More »Hollywood Injun English in MacGuyver
Mock Asian in Margaret Cho and Long Duk Dong
Examples of Mock Asian Margaret Cho gave examples of Mock Asian http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAmcPS6xoZA&feature=related (8:32-end) [Video no longer available on YouTube]. Gedde Watanabe (Long Duk Dong) on… Read More »Mock Asian in Margaret Cho and Long Duk Dong
Justice Sotomayor’s name
On the “Late Show,” David Letterman aired a new segment in 2009 called the “Sonia Sotomayor Pronunciation Round-Up.” The video, found at http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/02/lettermans-sonia-sotomayo_n_210264.html shows the myriad ways… Read More »Justice Sotomayor’s name
Race and language
AAA video Race: Are You So Different?
Gendered interactional styles in Friends
This clip from the TV show Friends demonstrates a media representation of male and female interactional styles.
Regional variation in pronunciation/ dialect map
This website demonstrates regional variation in pronunciation, including examples of how people in different parts of the US pronounce the word “bought.” This video describes… Read More »Regional variation in pronunciation/ dialect map
Linguistic profiling, history of AAVE, Gullah
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPGx1icFdLQ[/youtube] John Baugh discusses linguistic profiling It also discusses the creolist theory of the origins of African American English. Around 5:00, the video shows people… Read More »Linguistic profiling, history of AAVE, Gullah
Endangered Smith Island dialect
This video shows an example of the endangered Smith Island dialect of English
George Lopez and code-switching
You can use this clip from the George Lopez TV show to analyze code-switching.
Standard v. non-standard English in My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady – Eliza Doolittle’s Cockney Accent
“Reasonable suspicion” and “illegality” in the Daily Show
Here’s a send up on the ambiguities of “reasonable suspicion” and “illegality” from the Daily Show from May 2010, apropos of Arizona’s immigration law: http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-may-6-2010/suspicious-behavior-on-cinco-de-mayo… Read More »“Reasonable suspicion” and “illegality” in the Daily Show
“Ordinary” language use
In “Lesbian bar talk in Shinjuku, Tokyo” Hideko Abe shows how identity positions are constructed and claimed through language use. One passage, which shows how… Read More »“Ordinary” language use
Margaret Cho – I’m the One I Want
In this excerpt, Cho talks about race and language: being asked to speak to viewers “in your native language,” being treated like a visiting exchange… Read More »Margaret Cho – I’m the One I Want