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Direct linkMitch Olson; Chris C. Palmer – Across the Disciplines, 2024
This article explores academic and industry perspectives on the use of dialect, slang, and historical language in screenwriting. It offers a chronological overview of major screenwriting manuals' treatment of dialect and slang (or lack thereof) 1946-2020. It then presents survey data of 53 currently-practicing screenwriters' views on working with…
Descriptors: Film Study, Scripts, Writing (Composition), Dialects
Lehtonen, Tuula; Karjalainen, Sinikka – European Journal of Education, 2009
This article discusses the most relevant findings of a comprehensive study carried out at the University of Helsinki Language Centre that looked into work-related foreign language needs of graduates from the University of Helsinki. The aim of this article is to provoke other language centres or similar institutions in other European universities…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Second Languages, Language Role, Degree Requirements
Peer reviewedBoroditsky, Lera – Cognitive Psychology, 2001
Studied whether the language spoken affects the way subjects think about time in 3 experiments involving: (1) 26 English-speaking and 20 native Mandarin-speaking college students; (2) 25 bilingual students; and (3) 70 native English speakers. Results suggest that language is a powerful tool for shaping thought about abstract domains and habitual…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Chinese Americans, Cognitive Processes, College Students
