American Tongues

Name: American Tongues
Genre: Documentary
Released: 24 Jun 1987
Rating: 7.00

A film about the way we talk

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)

Genre: Documentary
Studio: Center for New American Media
Keyword: dialect, linguistics
Cast:

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