American Dialects
A Manual for Actors, Directors, and Writers
Seiten
1997
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-87830-049-5 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-87830-049-5 (ISBN)
This text offers representative dialects of every major section of the United States. In each case there is a general description and history of the dialect, an analysis of the vowel and consonant peculiarities, of its individual lilt and rhythm and of its grammar variations.
This standard text, now in paperback for the first time-- the companion volume to Foreign Dialects-- AmericanDialects offers representative dialects of every major section of the United States. In each case, a general description and history of the dialect is given, followed by an analysis of vowel and consonant peculiarities, of its individual lilt and rhythm, and of its grammar variations. There are also lists of the idioms and idiomatic expressions that distinguish each dialect and exercises using them. American Dialects also includes musical inflection charts and diagrams showing the placement of lips, tongue, and breath.
This standard text, now in paperback for the first time-- the companion volume to Foreign Dialects-- AmericanDialects offers representative dialects of every major section of the United States. In each case, a general description and history of the dialect is given, followed by an analysis of vowel and consonant peculiarities, of its individual lilt and rhythm, and of its grammar variations. There are also lists of the idioms and idiomatic expressions that distinguish each dialect and exercises using them. American Dialects also includes musical inflection charts and diagrams showing the placement of lips, tongue, and breath.
Lewis Herman and Marguerite Shalett Herman compiled this material during more than 25 years of acting, writing, teaching, and studying, in Europe, Hollywood, Chicago, and New York. They also acted and directed for stage, television, radio, and motion pictures.
1. The Common Speech; 2. The New England Dialect; 3. The Southern Dialect; 4. The Louisiana-French Dialects; 5. The Mountain Dialect; 6. The African American Dialect 7. The New York City Dialect; 8. The Pennsylvania Dutch Dialect 9. The Middle Western Dialect; exercises
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 3.4.1997 |
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Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 580 g |
Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 0-87830-049-X / 087830049X |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-87830-049-5 / 9780878300495 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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