1st Edition
American Dialects A Manual for Actors, Directors, and Writers
312 Pages
by
Routledge
312 Pages
by
Routledge
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This standard text, now in paperback for the first time-- the companion volume to Foreign Dialects -- American Dialects offers representative dialects of every major section of the United States. In each case, a general description and history of the dialect is given, followed by an analysis of vowel and consonant peculiarities, of its individual lilt and rhythm, and of its... Read more
1. The Common Speech; 2. The New England Dialect; 3. The Southern Dialect; 4. The Louisiana-French Dialects; 5. The Mountain Dialect; 6. The African American Dialect 7. The New York City Dialect; 8. The Pennsylvania Dutch Dialect 9. The Middle Western Dialect; exercises
Biography
Lewis Herman and Marguerite Shalett Herman compiled this material during more than 25 years of acting, writing, teaching, and studying, in Europe, Hollywood, Chicago, and New York. They also acted and directed for stage, television, radio, and motion pictures.
