what is accent v. dialect?. accent- pronunciation the characteristic mode of pronunciation of a...
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What is Accent v. Dialect?
Accent- pronunciationThe characteristic mode of
pronunciation of a person or group, especially one that betrays social or geographical origin
Examples of accents in movies
Disney movies most often use non-native accents in a negative or stereotypical way as compared to US and other English accents.
However, in some instances foreign accents in general (including other English) are used to portray a villainous character.
Research has also found that in cable cartoons for children, stereotypically negative accents (German, Russian and other Eastern European) are mostly associated with villains.
Some examples: The Lion King: Mufasa speaks with a standard US
English accent. Scar, his evil brother, speaks with a British accent (both brothers are presumably in Africa).
Aladdin: Jaffar, a villainous character, speaks with a British accent (in an Arabian desert).
Three Little Pigs: the Big Bad Wolf has a Yiddish accent when he pretends to be a salesman.
Oliver & Company: a small, annoying Chihuahua, Tito, adopts a Hispanic accent.
Ratatouille (Pixar): Remy and Linguini (who are French) speak with American English accents, but all other characters speak some form of a French accent.
Talladega Nights- Accent
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxnLqNM49sY
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Other examples: Top 10 best accents in modern
films:
http://blogs.whatsontv.co.uk/movietalk/2011/07/07/top-10-best-fake-accents-in-movies/
Dialect- word choice A form of a language spoken in a
particular geographical area or by members of a particular social class or occupational group, distinguished by its vocabulary, grammar, and pronunciation
Dialects and “Proper” Usage
All but the very smallest language communities show dialect variation. Dialect differences involve all aspects of language – syntax, lexicon, morphology, phonology, etc.
1. Syntax
I don’t have any socks. vs. I don’t have no socks. vs.
I don’t got no socks.
I am walking. vs. I be walking.
waiting for Mike vs. waiting on Mike
waiting in line vs. waiting on line (NYC)
I knew he was guilty. vs. I knowed he was guilty.
Phonology plays a large role for dialect
The study of the distribution and patterning of speech sounds in a language and of the tacit rules governing pronunciation.
How it sounds
Talladega Nights- DialectIn this example, how is it
different than the first example?
What makes this dialect as opposed to just an accent?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDqXbk_ThH0
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SOUTHERN PHONOLOGY Mrs.
hog (frog, dog, Deputy Dog)
south => souf
during => doin’, and going => gon
help => hep
test => tes
ring => rang
boy => boah
car => cah
POlice
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SOUTHERN DialectSouth: "Y'all"
North: "You guys"
South: "Fixin' to"North: "About to"
South: "Howdy"North: "Hello"
South: "Twixt"North: "Between”
chitlins and grits
to buy a pig in a poke
“Carry me Back to Old Virginie”
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CALIFORNIA VALLEY-GIRL & SURFER-DUDE SPEECHRising Inflections (like Australian
English)
Superfluous use of the word “like”
Animated Body Language (like sticking a finger down the throat)
Specialized Vocabulary (like “dude”, esp. relating to shopping malls, the beach, and personality types)
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CANADIAN PHONOLOGYout and about the house
schedule
Canadian -eh
Canadian Dialect:
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VOCABULARY DIFFERENCES
What do you fry your eggs in?creeper, fryer, frying pan, fry pan,
skillet, or spider
What do you call a soft drink?pop, soda, soda pop, or tonic?
What do you call a long sandwich containing salami etc.?
hero, submarine, hoagy, grinder or poorboy
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What do you drink water out of?drinking fountain, cooler, bubbler
or geyser
How do you get something from one place to another?
take, carry, or tote
What do you carry things in?a bag, a sack, or a poke
How do you speculate?reckon, guess, figgure, figger,
suspect, imagine
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BRITISH-AMERICAN VOCABULARY DIFFERENCES girl, cop, hood (of a car),
trunk (of a car), suspenders, apartment, bathroom, elevator, truck, wig, gasoline, bar, line, monkey wrench, television, flashlight, subway
bird, bobby, bonnet, boot, braces, flat, loo, lift, lorry, peruque, petrol, pub, queue, spanner, tele, torch, tube
BRITISH-AMERICAN VOCABULARY DIFFERENCES
girl -------------------------Cop -----------------------hood (of a car) --------- trunk (of a car) ------- bathroom -------------- Gasoline -----------------Bar ------------------------ line ------------------------monkey wrench ------- flashlight ---------------- subway ------------------
birdbobbybonnetboot flatpetrol pubqueuespanner torchtube
Cockney Rhyming Slang: More Recent Examples:
Give us a butchers = butchers hook = look
Blowing a raspberry = raspberry tart = fart (Bronx Cheer)
Use your loaf = loaf of bread = head
That ruined my barnet = Barnet Fair = hair
I’ll just do my bird quietly = bird lime = time (prison sentence)
All right, me old china? = china plate = mate (friend)
Don’t be a berk = Berkshire hunt = Female’s no no area
Nice set of Bristols = Bristol Cities = Boobies
Merchant = Merchant Banker = Man’s no no area
20Some other good examples here: http://www.effingpot.com/slang.shtml
Star Wars Dialect:
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Citing: http://humanaccents.com/accent
s-in-the-media.html