Kulturraumstudien USA, Homework for October 18th

For homework, please: 

watch these videos on US accents (the three parts total to about 35 minutes, so plan your viewing accordingly): 

Accent Expert Gives a Tour of U.S. Accents - (Part One) | WIRED - YouTube

Accent Expert Gives a Tour of U.S. Accents - (Part 2) | WIRED - YouTube

Accent Expert Gives a Tour of North American Accents - (Part 3) | WIRED - YouTube

Take some notes as you listen (no need to be comprehensive, but jot down some terms/details/historical information that interest(s) you) and see if you can place where some of the accents you hear in your favorite series (think characters whose accents stand out like Sheldon from The Big Bang Theory or Phoebe from Friends) are from. 

For those who want to geek out about dialectology, accents, and varieties further, here are some useful links: 

American Dialect Society

Language Log (upenn.edu)

- skim through the Lippi-Green article "Teaching Children to Discriminate" referenced in class. There is no need to read the article word-for-word, but try to identify the 1) research question, 2) the paper's data set, and 3) the paper's main claim. 

Other links of interest/links referenced in class: 

Malcolm X "dictionary scene": Malcolm X | "God Is Black" | Netflix - YouTube

Music from Earth featured on the Voyager Golden Record: Voyager - Music on the Golden Record (nasa.gov)

The 116 images featured in the Voyager Golden Record: The 116 images NASA wants aliens to see - YouTube