Week 7
101 - Douglas talks about two "very different kinds of verbal agility" fighting it out on the radio. What were the two linguistic tradition to which she refers? Can you think of any purely linguistic wars that are waged today? What are language wars about; what do they determine, according to Douglas?
Homogenized language and unassimilated linguistic holdouts. Basically slang verses formal speech. The same stuff happens today when you think about hip hop language and college board essays. Douglas says that power of speech commands authority.
102 - What did the BBC require of its announcers in 1929?
a single standard of pronounciation
103 - According to Douglas, which type(s) of programming made use of standardized pronunciations and which type(s) used "nonstandard" English?
Announcers and commercial voices used correct diction while the actual shows yielded to slang and local vernaculars
104 - In television, the phrase "appointment viewing" refers to people arranging their schedules so as to watch a certain show, at a certain time, on a certain channel. Which famous radio comedy is noted for first having this powerful effect on the American public?
Amos 'n' Andy
104 - What type of live entertainment, already eroded by the growing popularity of movies, found a great deal of success when modified for the radio?
vaudeville (wisecrackers)
104 - What is Douglas talking about when she refers to our "infantile greed for disorder?"
Everyone likes to snub the rules and norms once in a while, its fun and funny.
104 - What socioeconomic phenomena of the 1930's helped fuel the success of radio comedy and linguistic slapstick?
The Great Depression
106 - How does Douglas describe Vaudeville humor? What other, older types of live entertainment does she associate with the Vaudeville tradition?
agressive, defiant, and hostile. minstrelsy
108/9 - Which group(s) of people did Amos'n'Andy primarily target with their jokes?
whites
110 - What famous comedians debuted during the 1932-33 season?
Ed Wynn, Fred Allen, Jack Benny, George Burns, and Gracie Allen
Homogenized language and unassimilated linguistic holdouts. Basically slang verses formal speech. The same stuff happens today when you think about hip hop language and college board essays. Douglas says that power of speech commands authority.
102 - What did the BBC require of its announcers in 1929?
a single standard of pronounciation
103 - According to Douglas, which type(s) of programming made use of standardized pronunciations and which type(s) used "nonstandard" English?
Announcers and commercial voices used correct diction while the actual shows yielded to slang and local vernaculars
104 - In television, the phrase "appointment viewing" refers to people arranging their schedules so as to watch a certain show, at a certain time, on a certain channel. Which famous radio comedy is noted for first having this powerful effect on the American public?
Amos 'n' Andy
104 - What type of live entertainment, already eroded by the growing popularity of movies, found a great deal of success when modified for the radio?
vaudeville (wisecrackers)
104 - What is Douglas talking about when she refers to our "infantile greed for disorder?"
Everyone likes to snub the rules and norms once in a while, its fun and funny.
104 - What socioeconomic phenomena of the 1930's helped fuel the success of radio comedy and linguistic slapstick?
The Great Depression
106 - How does Douglas describe Vaudeville humor? What other, older types of live entertainment does she associate with the Vaudeville tradition?
agressive, defiant, and hostile. minstrelsy
108/9 - Which group(s) of people did Amos'n'Andy primarily target with their jokes?
whites
110 - What famous comedians debuted during the 1932-33 season?
Ed Wynn, Fred Allen, Jack Benny, George Burns, and Gracie Allen
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