The article states that over the course of history, politicians have changed their accent in order to gain appeal with the voting population. The primary examples used are George W. Bush adopting a Texan drawl and Barack Obama adopting a slight … [Read more]
For Week 4: Tues, Feb 6 and Thurs, Feb 8
Writing Due: Your Accents, Identity, and Stereotype project is due this week: Accents, Identity, and Stereotype You can either turn in your project to the front desk of the Writing Center by 3pm on Tuesday. Or, if you choose to revise by having an … [Read more]
Hillbillies, Hicks and Southern Belles Discussion Question
The reading mentioned several T.V. shows that influenced their view of the South and how they perceived Southern people to speak. What are some T.V. shows, movies (or any other pieces of audio) that contributed toward your stereotype of Southern … [Read more]
Zootopia Group
Emilee McCubbins, Marcel Elkouri, Hannah Sullivan, Gerald Dryden Disney’s Treatment of Accent In Zootopia, there is typically just stereotypical, general American accents reminiscent of the northeastern United States whereas the character … [Read more]
The Incredibles Group
Language varieties Mr. Incredible - GA (Craig T. Nelson) Edna Mode - GE (composite) Syndrome - GA (Jason Lee) Frozone - RA (Samuel L. Jackson) Gilbert Huph (Bob Parr's boss) - GA (Wallace Shawn) Mirage - BE (Elizabeth Peña) … [Read more]
UP and Accents
Will Courtney, Patrick Redrick, Sejeong Lee 1/25/16 Language varieties in the film: What are the language varieties used in this film? And which characters are associated with which variety? Do the language varieties and accents in … [Read more]
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