Chapter 10 | Enhancements
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10.1Popular British performer and author Stephen Fry on linguistic descriptivism and language style. |
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10.2Avideo of comedian Dave Chappell on style shifting/code‐switching between African American English and mainstream American English – or “talking white.” (WARNING: NSFW) |
10.3Rex O’Neal performing the Ocracoke dialect |
10.4How Rex O’Neal sounds in a sociolinguistic interview |
10.5Hear Rex O’Neal’s language style when he’s talking with his brothers |
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10.6See how a young barista in an Austin, Texas, “puts on” a Texas accent in his interactions with customers. |
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10.7Listen to President Bill Clinton’s use of Southern dialect features in his 2012 address to the Democratic National Convention. Does he seem to shift in and out of the dialect? If so, what might account for these shifts? |
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10.8Jamila Lyiscott’s TED talk in which she celebrates her three dialects/languages, all three of which are equally “articulate.” |