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LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY IN FILMS AND TV SERIES
Mamadjano a Na giza Mahmudjano na
Associa e P o esso o Andijan S a e Uni e si y, PhD
email: n-mamadjano a @mail. u
Tel: 944340000
Key wo ds: se ies, ilm, a ia ions, cinema og aphy, discou se, social ac i i y.
Abs ac : This a icle analyzes linguis ic di e si y in ele ision se ies and ilms wi hin
he con ex o ilm discou se. I also e iews some p e ious esea ch on his opic.
Fu he mo e, me hods o add essing sociolinguis ic di e ences in ilms and ele ision
se ies a e discussed.
In oduc ion: In linguis ics, ansla ion issues ha e long been one o he cen al opics
o schola s due o hei ongoing ele ance. In he wo ld o cinema, ex analysis—
cinema ic discou se—and he analysis o ansla ion issues in ex s om ilms o wo
na ions has become a opic o in e es o mode n linguis s.
P e ious Resea ch in he Field: Some p io esea ch has ocused on he limi a ions
o linguis ic di e si y wi hin ilms and TV se ies. This di ec ion does no p ima ily
examine how ilms ela e o he sociolinguis ic di e ences hey po ay, bu a he he
ex en o which hey may ail o e lec he complex sociolinguis ic a ia ions
encoun e ed in e e yday li e. Using concep s and sys ems ha emphasize discu si e
and ac ion-o ien ed analysis o language a ia ion, hey enable he s udy o cinema ic
discou se as a dis inc domain o social ac i i y. Fu he mo e, hey encompass
pe spec i es om a ious ields, pa icula ly cinema, ele ision, and ansla ion
s udies.
The in e sec ion o ilm and linguis ics emains an a ea equi ing deepe in es iga ion.
Howe e , an in e disciplina y app oach alone canno o e come exis ing sho comings.
While sociolinguis ics has o e looked audio isual wo ks as a signi ican domain o
language mani es a ion, ilm s udies simila ly appea s o neglec hese sociolinguis ic
aspec s. This becomes e iden when ele an in o ma ion is missing om glossa ies,
manuals, and ex books. As Ha chnb
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no es, media s udies o en ea language me ely
as a " anspa en " ehicle, a condui o deli e ing "con en ," which is subsequen ly
analyzed h ough na a i e analysis o o he e alua i e c i e ia. Fu he mo e, he
endency in audio isual ex s o p io i ize isual meaning o e e bal communica ion
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Hu chby, Ian. 2006. Media alk: Con e sa ion analysis and he s udy o b oadcas ing. Maidenhead: Open
Uni e si y P ess.
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has dis anced ilm s udies om li e a y analysis. Consequen ly, his has led o
sidelining he indexical p ope ies o language when s udying audio isual na a i es
and hei cha ac e s. I should be no ed ha analyses o such ea u es do exis ; o
ins ance, elemen s like accen , dialec , ja gon, and code-swi ching a e ecognized as
s ylis ic de ices used in ilm dialogue
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. Howe e , wi hin ilm s udies, he app oach o
hese elemen s o en emains supe icial. This is obse ed e en in con empo a y
mig an cinema, al hough his gen e equen ly inco po a es non-s anda d language
a ie ies, mig an languages, and code-swi ching.
Engaging wi h ilm s udies o e s signi ican ad an ages, especially when examining
no only he language i sel bu also a ious elemen s o cinema ic discou se ha
in luence how p oduce s and ac o s manage sociolinguis ic dis inc ion. An impo an
aspec o his esea ch is cha ac e and desc ip ion, which p o ides an oppo uni y o
in e disciplina y collabo a ion, allowing linguis s o demons a e he ele ance o
linguis ic di e en ia ion wi hin audio isual na a i es. Acco ding o Culpepe and
McIn y e,
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a cha ac e 's manne o language use pa ly de ines hei ypes o ac ion
wi hin a ic ional con ex . Based on his, i can be said ha s ylis ic choices in cha ac e
dialogue se e as indica o s o hei emo ional and a ec i e s a es, as well as hei
social ypes and s yles. Th ough such in e disciplina y exchange, linguis s can help
coun e ac he endency in ilm s udies o o e look he indexical dimensions o
language. A he same ime, i is essen ial no o o e s a e he impo ance o language
wi hin cinema's comp ehensi e mul imodal meaning-making sys em.
Analysis: Cinema ic discou se should be iewed no as a subs i u e o o he o ms o
communica ion, bu as a dis inc and ull- ledged ield o sociolinguis ic esea ch. This
idea migh seem sel -e iden , bu i is impo an o s a e i , especially when a con a y
pe spec i e is applied in his o ical and con empo a y esea ch, i.e., when audio isual
wo ks a e used as a basis o unde s anding e e yday language. Fo example,
Tagliamon e and Robe s
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s udy he use o in ensi ie s in a US TV se ies, e alua ing
he po en ial o da a de i ed om mass media as a p oxy o " eal-wo ld" linguis ic
da a in sociolinguis ic analysis. Thei esea ch analyzes he equency o in ensi ie use
ac oss di e en seasons and by cha ac e gende , compa es hese esul s wi h spoken
English co po a, and ul ima ely concludes ha "media language does indeed e lec
wha is happening in he language" (ibid.: 296). Howe e , his analysis shows ha he
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Kozlo , Sa ah. 2000. O e hea ing ilm dialogue. Be keley, CA: Uni e si y o Cali o nia P ess.
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Culpepe , Jona han & Dan McIn y e. 2010. Ac i i y ypes and cha ac e isa ion in d ama ic discou se. In
Jens Ede , Fo is Jannidis & Ral Schneide (eds.), Cha ac e s in ic ional wo lds, 176207. Be lin/New Yo k:
Wal e de G uy e .
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Tagliamon e, Sali A. & Ch is Robe s. 2005. So wei d; so cool; so inno a i e: The use o in ensi ie s in he
ele ision se ies F iends. Ame ican Speech 80. 280-300.
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linguis ic di e si y in audio isual wo ks is oo b oad o subs an ia e such a claim.
Fu he mo e, i sugges s ha da a de i ed om cinema ic discou se migh e lec
socie al pe cep ions abou language mo e han ac ual language samples obse ed
wi hin a speci ic speech communi y.
Unlike me hodologies used by o he disciplines in ilm analysis, some esea ch
employs a selec i e app oach. Ins ead o conduc ing a comp ehensi e mul imodal
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analysis aimed a illumina ing meaning-making mechanisms in ilms, he au ho s ocus
speci ically on he implica ions o sociolinguis ic di e ences in he cinema ic con ex .
This app oach necessi a es ce ain limi a ions in selec ing ilms and iden i ying speci ic
pa s o ilms o ocus on. I is wo h no ing ha no all ilms a e equally sui able o
sociolinguis ic analysis. While i would be inco ec o say ha any audio isual
na a i e is en i ely de oid o sociolinguis ic elemen s, he in eg a ion o linguis ic
di e si y in o he ilm na a i e is achie ed in a ious ways. The au ho s e e o dialec
as "local linguis ic di e si y," bu while no audio isual s o y is comple ely ee o
sociolinguis ic elemen s, he in eg a ion o linguis ic di e si y in o cinema ic
s o y elling occu s in a ied manne s. Fu he mo e, cha ac e s whose de elopmen is
closely ied o he ypes o language hey use o engage wi h a e conside ed mo e
signi ican han o he s. While his analy ical basis migh indica e a ce ain "bias
owa ds spoken language" o some ex en , i is p ecisely his bias ha makes he ilm a
aluable subjec o sociolinguis ic esea ch, especially om he pe spec i e o
language ideologies unde lying cinema ic depic ions o socio-cul u al di e si y
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Addi ionally, a sociolinguis ic pe spec i e migh ocus mo e on he ini ial pa s o a
ilm, as cha ac e -speci ic s ylis ic dis inc ions a e ypically es ablished in he ea ly
s ages o he na a i e. The analysis migh also ocus on a single decisi e scene o a
speci ic cha ac e . The h ee-pa analy ical amewo k o epe oi es, cha ac e s, and
scenes p oposed by And ou sopoulos can e ec i ely con ex ualize hese choices
wi hin he b oade scope o he ilm.
Conclusion, i can be said ha he e exis s esea ch in his ield based on di e se
app oaches, bu a consolida ed e iew o hem is lacking. This di ec ion does no s udy
how ilms and TV se ies ela e o he sociolinguis ic di e ences wi hin hem, bu a he
he ex en o which hey ail o e lec he complex sociolinguis ic a ia ions o
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Ba eman, John & Ka l-Hein ich Schmid . 2011. Mul imodal ilm analysis: How ilms mean. London:
Rou ledge.
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Buchol z, Ma y. 2003. Sociolinguis ic nos algia and he au hen ica ion o iden i y. Jou nal o
Sociolinguis ics 7(3). 398-416.
Buchol z, Ma y. 2011. Race and he e-embodied oice in Hollywood ilm. Language and Communica ion
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e e yday li e. Fu he mo e, hey encompass pe spec i es om a ious ields,
pa icula ly cinema, ele ision, and ansla ion s udies.
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