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Video Resources

Browse our collection of videos explaining or featuring different varieties of English.

The History of English in 10 Minutes

Episodes 1 through 10

Sourced from the Open University

Appalachian English

The  entirety of the documentary Mountain Talk.

Academic English

Professor David Crystal on standard v. nonstandard

(RP here references Britain's Received Pronunciation)

Sourced from Cambridge University Press​

Malaysian English - Local v. Standard

Marianna Pascal speaks about humorous misunderstandings across Englishes.

2009 Toastmasters International

The R in Standard

Bill Labov talks about the shift in Standard English from a RP (Received Pronunciation) influenced r-less pronunciation to an r-full (i.e. rhotic) pronunciation

Clip from the 1995 documentary Do You Speak American?

    

Malaysian English -- Part 1

Levels of Formality

Dr. Lee King Siong describes different ways of using English in Malaysia.

"You Can Be A Lot Smarter," Vavalert T.V

Malaysian English - Part 2

Word Usage

Dr. Lee King Siong contrasts common Malaysian word usages with that of Standard English.

"You Can Be A Lot Smarter," Vavalert T.V

Malaysian English - Part 3

Expressions

Dr. Lee King Siong contrasts common Malaysian expressions with that of Standard English.

"You Can Be A Lot Smarter," Vavalert T.V

Language and Racism

Dr. Victor Villanueva, Professor of English and Rhetoric at Washington State University at Poland and author of Bootstraps, discusses how racism looks today.

Clip from an episode of Up in the Valley TV

Carolina Outer Banks Vocabulary

Excerpt from The Carolina Brogue by NCLLP films. http://www.carolinabrogue.com/

Appalachian English: History and Sterotypes

In this short video, speakers of Appalachian English consider the history of their language variety as well the stereotypes so often associated with its use

On "Spanglish"

Comedian George Lopez explains why "English-only" legislation is bound to fail

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