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Southlander

Southlander

9.7
A 2001 independent film about a struggling musician
  • proper noun
: Southlander
  • We watched Southlander last night and enjoyed its quirky take on the Los Angeles music scene.

Examples

  • Many fans consider Southlander a cult classic among independent films about musicians.

  • The soundtrack of Southlander features several well-known indie artists from the early 2000s.

  • Have you seen the movie Southlander?

  • The film Southlander tells a compelling story.

  • We watched Southlander last night and enjoyed its quirky take on the Los Angeles music scene.

  • The soundtrack of Southlander features several well-known indie artists from the early 2000s.

  • Many fans consider Southlander a cult classic among independent films about musicians.

Surface Forms

Southlander main

Morphology

Southlander = Southland (transparent) = Southland + er

The film title is formed from the place-name 'Southland' plus the agentive/person suffix '-er'; the morphological formation is transparent even though it is used as a proper title.

Etymology

Southlander as a film title uses the same parts: South ('the south') and -lander ('a person from a land'), and it is the name of a 2001 independent movie. So Southlander here means 'someone from the Southland' and fits the film's story about a struggling musician.