American Tongues (1987)

Name: American Tongues
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1987-06-24

A film about the way we talk

Release Date:	1987, June 24
Directors:	Louis Alvarez, Andrew Kolker
Countries:	United States of America
Production:	Center for New American Media

Overview:

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)

Keywords:

linguistics dialect

BigList Rating:	0
Critics Rating:	70

American Tongues (1987)

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