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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: The American Novel, American Voices

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Page 1: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn:

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn:

The American Novel, American Voices

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This is what we’ll read:"What do dey stan' for? I's gwyne to tell you. When I got all wore out wid work, en wid de callin' for you, en went to sleep, my heart wuz mos' broke bekase you wuz los', en I didn' k'yer no mo' what become er me en de raf'. En when I wake up en fine you back agin', all safe en soun', de tears come en I could a got down on my knees en kiss' yo' foot I's so thankful. En all you wuz thinkin 'bout wuz how you could make a fool uv ole Jim wid a lie. Dat truck dah is trash; en trash is what people is dat puts dirt on de head er dey fren's en makes 'em ashamed."

Page 3: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn:

…umm…What in tarnation was that?

Page 4: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn:

Dialect:

dia·lect (dī′ə lekt′) noun the sum total of local characteristics of speech the sum total of an individual's characteristics of

speech popularly any form of speech considered as deviating

from a real or imaginary standard speech • a form or variety of a spoken language, including the standard

form, peculiar to a region, community, social group, occupational group, etc.: in this sense, dialects are regarded as being, to some degree, mutually intelligible while languages are not mutually intelligible

• any language as a member of a group or family of languages English is a West Germanic dialect

Page 5: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn:

I sho’ am thirsty. I’d luva nice, tall, ice-cold…

Page 6: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn:

Okay, we call different things different names. What else?

Where do you want to go today?

http://accent.gmu.edu/browse_maps/namerica.php

Page 7: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn:

This is how I would write myself…ACCORDING TO THE WAY I CURRENTLY SPEAK

ACCORDING TO “THE DIALECTIZER”

My name is Mr. Rossi. I'm a teacher at East Leyden. I love it when my students all complete their homework.

Redneck?Mah name is Mr. Rosti. ah's a skoo marm at East Leyden, as enny fool kin plainly see. ah love it when mah students all complete their homewawk.

Jive? Mah' dojigger be Mr. Ah be

baaad... Rossi. I'm some head homeboy at East Leyden. 'S coo', bro. ah' love it when mah' students all complete deir cribwo'k. Ya' know?

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How would you write that? Rewrite the joke to

the right, using spelling and punctuation or other text features so that when it is read, it sounds like Walken.

What’s the difference between this place and an elephant fart?

What? This place is a bar

room. An elephant fart is a baroom.

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Now, try to read this. And—rewrite it in ‘standard’ English.

"What do dey stan' for? I's gwyne to tell you. When I got all wore out wid work, en wid de callin' for you, en went to sleep, my heart wuz mos' broke bekase you wuz los', en I didn' k'yer no mo' what become er me en de raf'. En when I wake up en fine you back agin', all safe en soun', de tears come en I could a got down on my knees en kiss' yo' foot I's so thankful. En all you wuz thinkin 'bout wuz how you could make a fool uv ole Jim wid a lie. Dat truck dah is trash; en trash is what people is dat puts dirt on de head er dey fren's en makes 'em ashamed."