| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 318 pages) : illustrations, maps, digital, PDF file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
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PDF |
| Note |
Title from PDF title page (viewed Jan. 13, 2006). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The North American English vowel system -- Principles of chain shifting and mergers -- Sampling and field methods -- Methods of acoustic analysis -- The construction of isoglosses -- The restoration of post-vocalic /r/ -- Nearly completed mergers -- North American mergers in progress -- The vowels of North American English -- The dialects of North American English -- The fronting of back upgliding vowels -- The short-a and short-o configurations -- The North -- Canada -- New England -- New York City and the mid-Atlantic states -- The South -- The Midland -- The West -- Lexical and grammatical maps -- African-Americans -- The findings of the Atlas of North American English : an overview. |
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Introduction -- North American English vowel system -- Principles of chain shifting and mergers -- Sampling methods -- Methods of acoustic analysis -- Construction of isoglosses -- Restoration of post-vocalic /r/ -- Nearly completed mergers -- North American mergers in progress -- Vowels of North American English -- Dialects of North American English -- Fronting of back upgliding vowels -- Short-a and short-o configurations -- North -- Canada -- New England -- New York City and the mid-Atlantic states -- South -- Midland -- West -- Lexical and grammatical maps -- African-Americans -- Atlas of North American English : an overview. |
| Summary |
The Atlas of North American English provides an overall view of the pronounciation and vowel systems of the dialects of the U.S. and Canada. It is based on a telephone survey of local speakers representing all of the urbanized areas of North America. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English language -- North America.
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English language. |
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North America. |
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English language -- Dialects -- North America.
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English language -- Dialects. |
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Americanisms.
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Americanisms. |
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Canadianisms.
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Canadianisms. |
| Indexed Term |
Linguistics, Language and Literature |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic reference sources.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic book.
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| Added Author |
Ash, Sharon.
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Boberg, Charles.
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| Other Form: |
Labov, William. Atlas of North American English. Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, ©2006 3110167468 (DLC) 2005027981 (OCoLC)61758568 |
| ISBN |
3110167468 |
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9783110167467 |
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9783110206838 (electronic book) |
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3110206838 (electronic book) |
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3110167468 (acid-free paper) |
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