Media

Real Talk: Colloquialism in TV Dialogue vs. Natural Conversations

Sociolinguistics

Namrata Deepak, Renee Rubanowitz, Kylie Shults, Alik Shehadeh, George Faville Iconic TV catchphrases like “Yada-yada-yada,” “D’oh,” That’s what she said,” and “Bazinga!” have been seamlessly integrated into our everyday conversations. Such a phenomenon prompts amusing discussions and questions surrounding the relationship between real-world conversation and on-screen dialogue. While some aspects of on-screen language, like exaggerated […]

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Political Polarization: Why are you fighting in the comment section?

Communications, Sociolinguistics

Kathryn Cunningham, Anna Tobey, Leia Broughton, Maya Athwal, Nicole Pacheco Note: This article was written in Spring 2024, prior to Biden stepping down from the presidential race and Trump winning the 2024 presidential election. Are all news headlines made equal? For our project, we analyzed the potential effects of framing in online news headlines on

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Dialogues of Fame: Unveiling Gender Dynamics in Celebrity Interviews

Communications, Language and Gender, Sociolinguistics

Elizabeth Escamilla, Penelope Hernandez, Kenzie MacDougal, Jason Ye Human interaction is complex and, at a sociolinguistic level, can be challenging to parse. With that in mind, we chose to analyze celebrity interviews — definite and structured slices of conversation whose participants were conscious of the invisible future viewer. Informed and inspired by studies such as

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“Swag Toh Dekho:” Hindi-English Code-Switching in Bollywood Movies of the Last 30 Years

Bilingualism, Sociolinguistics

Krithi de Souza, Kara Bryant, Sophia Adams, Medha Kini Bollywood! We know (and love) the films for their grand and magnificent dance sequences, epic love stories, and extra long running times. Bollywood is often referred to as the “Indian Hollywood,” and this Hindi cinema industry has a large fanbase of its own. But how much

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The Linguistic Portrayal of Social Mobility in Bollywood Cinema through Hinglish

Bilingualism, Language and Identity, Sociolinguistics

Hashim Baig, Siuzanna Shaanian, Georgia Lewis, Jacob Cook, Christian Atud The rise of English as the global lingua franca has had profound effects on multiple cultures worldwide. One such spot is the Indian subcontinent, especially with the emergence of India from centuries of colonial rule. This paper looks at how Hindi-English code-switching (popularly called Hinglish)

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Language Ideologies in Animated Films: Why does that character sound like that?

Communications

Talla Khattat, Jacob Gutierrez, Edna Tovar, Grace Yang, Al Jackson, Espie Maldonado Why do all military characters in animation films have Southern accents? Throughout this blog, we aim to understand the world of languages in animated films and take you along with us. Audience members digest the creative choices that are made on screen and

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A Talk About “The Talk”

Communications

Tess Ebrami-Homayun, Saba Kalepari, Hannah Pezeschki, Shaina Tavari One in five parents reports that they will never have a conversation regarding sex education with their children. The avoidance and uncomfortable nature of this conversation led us to explore the differences in communicative patterns between mothers and fathers to find what gives this conversation these attributes.

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Unraveling Mean Length Utterances in Romantic Scenes: Action Versus Romance Films

Sociolinguistics

Britney Lam, Iris Lin, Alice Wang, Julia Zhou Romance is a common element across all genres of film. Whether it is an action movie, a comedy, adventure, or drama, romance is often included within the main plot. Films are created with a target audience, such as age or gender. Our research question emerged: how is

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Roses are Red, Violets are Blue. You’re in Love with my Man? Guess my Voice Will Lower Too.

Sociolinguistics

Kelly Eun, Isabelle Filen, Adeline Villarreal, Sylvia Le Engaging in conversation with the man you like may lead you to feel all sorts of emotions. Maybe your heart starts racing, you find yourself laughing at every little thing he says, or you possibly say things you wouldn’t normally say. These are all very common character

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Speak of the Devil: How Popular Film Antagonists Use Language

Sociolinguistics

Sarah Belew, Jacques Gueye, Kaley Phan, Boyi Zheng In this study, we analyze the linguistic behavior of antagonists in psychological thriller movies in order to understand/index the features in their language that make them “creepy”. We chose 4 different films to view: Misery (1990), Silence of the Lamb (1991), The Lovely Bones (2009), and Gone

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