Social Variations

Series: Language - the Social Arbiter Series no 5

Year Published: 1966

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Points out that the great majority of New Yorkers unconsciously shift their sound patterns as well as their grammar according to changes in situation. Notes that the shift is uniform and that there is agreement among New Yorkers on the norms of careful speech. Explains that differences among people are often revealed in their speech patterns.

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