The City of Angels

 This is a linguistic analysis of the speech of the characters from the Movie City of Angels.

This analysis finds the differences among the character speeches. The characters of the movie are: Seth, an angel who falls in love by Meg, who is a great doctor, Seth’s friend Cassial, another angel and Mr. Messenger who is a former angel. 

Luan Fonseca

Meg: the language of Meg easy to understand because she opens the mouth to speak and sometimes she speaks slower than others. It’s easy to understand where words connect.

André Frutuoso

 Meg: Her language is easy, is possible to understand the context of her speech. Sometimes Meg speaks a little fast because of the linking of the words and her pronounce is interesting and clear. She moves the lips and it help us to understand better her English.

Luan Fonseca 

Seth: he speaks very slowly and he closes a little the mouth, he seems be sleepy it’s not so hard to understand.

André Frutuoso 

Seth: He has a hard language because he doesn’t open his mouth. He doesn’t move the lips so much and it can be difficult to understand what he says. He has a low voice and when he links the words it’s harder to comprehend. The words endings are not pronounced. 

Luan Fonseca 

Cassial: his language is easy to understand because he sings the words and phrases. He cuts some words and phrases. He cuts some words making it slightly hard to understand until the end of phrase.

André Frutuoso 

Cassial: He has a clear language and pronunciation, the rhythm is very good. Sometimes he speaks fast and some words are hard to get but is not totally incomprehensible. 

Luan Fonseca 

Mr. Messenger: He has a strong voice and he speaks much slang, sometimes it can make the understanding difficult, his is the second hardest speech to comprehend. He is got a closed pronunciation but the rhythm of the words is good. 

Luan Fonseca 

Mr. Messenger: he closes the mouth, and speaks very fast and uses slang he cuts the words and his lines is very hard to understand.

André Frutuoso