Rich in humor and regional color, this sometimes hilarious film uses the prism of language to reveal our attitudes about the way other people speak. From Boston Brahmins to Black Louisiana teenagers, from Texas cowboys to New York professionals, American Tongues elicits funny, perceptive, sometimes shocking, and always telling comments on American English in all its diversity. (PBS)
Marc Okrand discusses his involvement with the Star Trek franchise and his work on inventing the Kli...
This award winning film is a fast paced, humorous look at the colorful way the residents of New Orle...
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A series of interviews featuring linguist, philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky done in hand-drawn ...
The story of the New York accent, as told by New Yorkers.
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The three speakers represent two of the dialects, with the most common one - the middle dialect spo...
An in-depth look at the work and views of the man described as 'one of the greatest minds in human h...
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This series comprised six lectures on music, which cumulatively took the title of a work by Charles ...
This series comprised six lectures on music, which cumulatively took the title of a work by Charles ...