In this program, Robert MacNeil canvasses the North to learn firsthand about linguistic dialect zones, the tension between prescriptivism and descriptivism, the impact of dialect on grapholect, the northern cities vowel shift, the roots of African-American English, minority dialects and linguistic profiling, biases against nonstandard speech, and the general perception of the U.S. Midland dialect as "normal American." Hip-hop street talk, IM slang, Pittsburghese, and Gullah and Geechee are sampled, and Bill Labov, the dean of American linguists; Jesse Sheidlower, American editor of the august OED; and New York magazine's John Simon are featured. Some language may be offensive.

Films Media Group

English language--Spoken English--New England, English language--Dialects--Northeastern States, English language--Dialects--Northwestern States, English language--United States--Pronunciation, Languages and literature

Do you speak American?

MacNeil, Robert (Host), Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm) (Distributor), MacNeil/Lehrer Productions (Producer), Paladin InVision, Ltd. (Producer), WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.) (Producer), KLRU (Television station : Austin, Tex.) (Producer)

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English

Higher education

Name	Films Media Group (Firm)
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