Do You Speak American? Out West
Description
In this program, Robert MacNeil heads to California to take part in meaningful dialogues on Spanglish, Chicano, Ebonics, and "Surfer Dude" before going to Seattle to consider the implications of voice-activation technology. Linguist Carmen Fought, Stanford University's Cliff Nass, screenwriters Amy Heckerling and Winnie Holtzman, and others speak their minds about Spanish in America, why teens create their own language, gay self-empowerment by redefining discriminatory terms, the oo-fronting sound shift, and whether technology will reinforce or weaken racial/regional stereotypes. The teaching of standard English without devaluing or denigrating cultural linguistic differences is addressed.
Runtime
57 min
Series
Subjects
- Social structure (572)
- Interpersonal communication (301)
- Culture (254)
- English language (787)
- Language and languages (158)
- Linguistics (60)
- Communication (1217)
Genre
Date of Publication
[2005], c2005
Database
Films on Demand
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