Dialects

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Date
1958
Summary
In this episode, Dr. Smith, Jr.,explains and demonstrates dialect differences in standard English.  He calls upon five guests from different geographical areas in the United States who illustrate pronunciation differences. The film illustrates how language variations are divided into geographical areas.
Contributors
Metropolitan Educational Television Association; The Institute for Research in Human Communication, University of Buffalo; Dr. Henry Lee Smith, Jr.; Bob Warner; Frank Jacoby; Beth Leibowitz; Paul Saitta; Edith Crowell Trager; William Riggs; Helene Thomas
Publishers
National Educational Television; Indiana University Audio-Visual Center
Genre
Educational
Subject
Dialects ; Linguistics ; Language and languages.
Collection
National Educational Television
Unit
IUL Moving Image Archive
Language
English
Rights Statement
No Copyright - United States
Physical Description
1 Film (0:29:54); 16mm
Other Identifiers
IULMIA Film Database: 40000003266873; Other: GR00401963; MDPI Barcode: 40000003266873

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