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Collection of entertaining examples of contemporary American English colloquial usage. http://www.heptune.com/english.html From the Department of Translation Studies, University of Tampere, Finland. Topics: Differences Between American and British English; 'Black English' (AAVE, or 'Ebonics'); Yiddish and Ethnic-Jewish Influences; Historical and Loan Word Influence; Regional http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US1/P1/ Covers the pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and place names typical of Bostonian English. http://www.boston-online.com/glossary.html A paper covering the classication, pronunciation, and vocabulary of Philadelphian English, including bibliography and related links. http://www.netaxs.com/~salvucci/Philadialect.html A collection of alternative pronunciations and local jargon from Baltimore, Maryland. http://www.baltimorehon.com/ A guide to pronunciation, phrases, and local terminology if Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania. Audio quiz and 'translator' available. http://www.pittsburghese.com/ Full text of the paper by William Labov. Sociolinguistic research on linguistic change in urbanized areas of North America, leading to increased dialect diversity. http://www.ling.upenn.edu/phono_atlas/ICSLP4.html A survey intended for speakers of North American English detailing different pronunciations and interpretations of various English words plus maps of responses. http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~golder/dialect/ The online components of a course on U.S. English dialectology. http://angli02.kgw.tu-berlin.de/html/dialects.html/index.html Page plots the geographic distribution of the different terms used to refer to carbonated soft-drinks in the United States. Requests your participation in the survey. http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~almccon/pop_soda/ Includes American, Canadian, Native American and Bermudan. http://www.evolpub.com/Americandialects/AmDialhome.html Plots the geographic distribution of the terms "pop", "soda", and "coke" when used to describe sweetened carbonated beverages. http://www.popvssoda.com/ |
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