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Topics of the day:



 1. Language and Status

 2. Stocking (2)



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Date:  Mon, 5 Sep 1994 10:29:02 -0700

From:  THOMAS L CLARK <tlc[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]NEVADA.EDU>

Subject: Re: Language and Status



I did use the original film version, 1939, by Leslie Howard, with

screenplay by Himself (G.B. Shaw). It has some priceless footage of

vowel charts and the earliest sound spectrograph on record. Can't

remember who played Liza, but she used a few stock cockney forms and

didn't slip too much. Much better than the sanitized, colorized, but

still sexist "My Fair Lady." (I did let the students see the latter at

the end of the semester, but set up a showing outside of class time, had

nearly 100% attendance. Color me surprised.)

Cheers,

tlc



On Sun, 4 Sep 1994, Jennifer K. Snyder wrote:



> To any who may help:

> I am working on a presentation for my Linguistics class concerning language

> and status, i.e. the effects a specific language or dialect can have on one's

> status.

>

> Because its early in the semester, I haven't picked a particular angle yet,

> any ideas? When I think of this topic, I think of the musical, "My Fair Lady"

> Has anyone seen it?

>

> If you have any information on this topic or ideas for me, please respond.

> All suggestions are welcome. Thanks for your help!

> Jennifer (c651823[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MIZZOU1)

>