Date:    Mon, 2 Mar 1998 13:39:12 -0500
<br>From:    "Bethany K. Dumas"  dumasb[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]UTK.EDU 
<br>Subject: Dialect Films Request
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<br>As part of a textbook I am writing, I envision a chapter structured thus:
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<br>Special Cases:  Pennsylvania Dutch, Louisiana Creole, Ocracoke, Charleston,
<br>                Va. Piedmont; Hawaiian English
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<br>I am teaching a class right now in which I want to play videotapes of as
<br>many of these varieties as possible. I have identified snippets from
<br>American Tongues, I have Yeah You Rite, and I am about to order the
<br>Ocracoke video. Where can I get something illustating Chrleston, the Va.
<br>Piedmont, and Hawaiian English? Reply privately if you want to -- I'll
<br>post a summary.
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<br>BTW, if you don't have Yeah You Rite, here's the skinny (it's from the
<br>AT folks):
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<br>TITLE        Yeah you rite! [[videorecording] /]
<br>PUBLISHED    New York, NY : Cinema Guild, 1985.
<br>CALL NUMBER  PE2845.N4Y4
<br>DESCRIPTION  1 videocassette (29 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
<br>NOTE         VHS format. * Looks at the linguistic diversity of New
<br>Orleans in this amusing study of the ways accent and dialect identify and
<br>influence the people who use them. Examples from vendors, children's
<br>games, social occasions, and people on the street illustrate their
<br>language as an indicator of social and economic rank, race, and
<br>neighborhood.
<br>RELATED AUTHOR Center for New American Media. * Cinema Guild.
<br>SUBJECT      English language --Social aspects --Louisiana --New Orleans.
<br>* Speech and social status --Louisiana --New Orleans. * New
<br>Orleans (La.) --Social life and customs.
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<br>Thanks,
<br>Bethany
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