Dialects

Dialects is a short film from 1958 released on 16mm. It is held in the IUL Moving Image Archive collection.

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 lan...

Dialects
Release date	1958
Running time	0:29:54
Language	English

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More Details

internal id

71199

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.

Physical Format

1 Film (0:29:54)

16mm

IUL Genres

Educational

Historical

IUL Subject

Dialects

Linguistics

Language and languages.

Full Original Title

Dialects