American Dialects (English)

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Pop vs. Soda Page Pop vs. Soda Page: Plots the geographic distribution of the terms "pop", "soda", and "coke" when used to describe sweetened carbonated beverages. (American Dialects) http://www.popvssoda.com/ Student Papers on American English Student Papers on American English: 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 (American Dialects) http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US1/P1/ American Dialect Society American Dialect Society: The American Dialect Society is a scholarly association dedicated to the study of the English language in North America. (American Dialects) http://www.americandialect.org/ English Dialectology English Dialectology: The online components of a course on U.S. English dialectology. (American Dialects) http://angli02.kgw.tu-berlin.de/html/dialects.html/index.html Dialect, Power, Pride and Politics in American English Dialect, Power, Pride and Politics in American English: Extensive reference from the University of Tampere's FAST language program for translators. Provides an articles, quotations, and collections from major U.S. regionally and socioeconomically defined variants of English, as well as analysis of neologisms a (American Dialects) http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US8/REF/dialect.html The Pop vs. Soda Page The Pop vs. Soda Page: 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. (American Dialects) http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~almccon/pop_soda/ North American Dialect Links North American Dialect Links: Includes American, Canadian, Native American and Bermudan. (American Dialects) http://www.evolpub.com/Americandialects/AmDialhome.html The Philadelphia Dialect The Philadelphia Dialect: A paper covering the classication, pronunciation, and vocabulary of Philadelphian English, including bibliography and related links. (American Dialects) http://www.netaxs.com/~salvucci/Philadialect.html The Dialect Survey The Dialect Survey: A survey intended for speakers of North American English detailing different pronunciations and interpretations of various English words plus maps of responses. (American Dialects) http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~golder/dialect/ Heptune's Guide to Cheesy American English Usage Heptune's Guide to Cheesy American English Usage: Collection of entertaining examples of contemporary American English colloquial usage. (American Dialects) http://www.heptune.com/english.html The Wicked Good Guide to Boston English The Wicked Good Guide to Boston English: Covers the pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and place names typical of Bostonian English. (American Dialects) http://www.boston-online.com/glossary.html Lexicon of Bawlamarese Lexicon of Bawlamarese: A collection of alternative pronunciations and local jargon from Baltimore, Maryland. (American Dialects) http://www.baltimorehon.com/ Organization of Dialect Diversity in North America Organization of Dialect Diversity in North America: Full text of the paper by William Labov. Sociolinguistic research on linguistic change in urbanized areas of North America, leading to increased dialect diversity. (American Dialects) http://www.ling.upenn.edu/phono_atlas/ICSLP4.html Pittsburghese.com Pittsburghese.com: A guide to pronunciation, phrases, and local terminology if Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania. Audio quiz and 'translator' available. (American Dialects) http://www.pittsburghese.com/