
American Dialects
A Manual for Actors, Directors, and Writers
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 24. January 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-0-87830-049-5 (ISBN)
Description
This standard text, now in paperback for the first time-- the companion volume to Foreign Dialects-- AmericanDialects 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 grammar variations. There are also lists of the idioms and idiomatic expressions that distinguish each dialect and exercises using them. American Dialects also includes musical inflection charts and diagrams showing the placement of lips, tongue, and breath.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional Practice & Development
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
455 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87830-049-5 (9780878300495)
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Additional editions

Lewis Herman | Marguerite Shalett Herman
American Dialects
A Manual for Actors, Directors, and Writers
E-Book
01/2014
1st Edition
Routledge
€41.99
Available for download

Lewis Herman | Marguerite Shalett Herman
American Dialects
A Manual for Actors, Directors, and Writers
E-Book
01/2014
1st Edition
Routledge
€41.99
Available for download
Persons
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.
Content
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