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  1. North American English

    Refimprove date December 2008 North American English is the variety of the English language of North ... . Atlas of North American English Phonetics, Phonology and Sound Change. Berlin New York Mouton de Gruyter. ISBN 3110167468. ref ref Trudgill, Peter & Jean Hannah. 2002 . International English A Guide to the Varieties of Standard English, 4th. London Arnold. ISBN 0 340 80834 9 . ref Although Canadian ... are closely related. North American English is distinguished from British English and the English in the Commonwealth of Nations English of the other Commonwealth Nations . Many terms in North American English are used almost exclusively in the two countries, such as diaper and gasoline , instead of nappy or petrol respectively. Although many English speakers from outside North America regard these terms ... number of North American English regional phonology different accents within the regions of both ... Scots Irish features. See also North American English regional phonology Northern American English American and British English differences American English Americanism s Canadian English List of American ... e book . ISBN 978 0 9809525 0 6. English dialects by continent Category North American English Category ... 1998 and the similarities between the pronunciation, vocabulary and accent of American English and Canadian English , the two spoken languages are often grouped together under a single category Labov ... across the North American continent, brought new accents and dialect s to new areas, and as these ways ... and American English Regional accents of English Notes reflist References Chambers, J.K. 1998 . Canadian ... English , Scotland Scots and Ireland Irish regions and corresponding to settlement patterns of these peoples ... of linguistic changes there is still a resemblance between the English East Anglia accents which would have been used by early English settlers in New England including the Pilgrims , and modern ... Hackett Fischer , 1989 ref Similarly, the accents of Newfoundland English Newfoundland are similar to Scots ...   more details



  1. North Central American English

    Refimprove date May 2007 North Central American English is used to refer to a dialect of American English . The region is also known as Upper Midwest among some linguists. ref name Allen It is also sometimes called the Minnesota Accent or Great Lakes Accent . Who date September 2010 It is widely spoken ... title The Atlas of North American English publisher Mouton de Gruyter date 2006 location Berlin isbn 3 11 016746 8 ref Characteristics Not all of these characteristics are unique to the North Central ... North Central speech is Rhotic and non rhotic accents rhotic . See also Yooper dialect North American English regional phonology Regional vocabularies of American English References Reflist 2 Further reading Kortmand, Bernd, Schneider, Edgar W. 2004 . A Handbook of Varieties of English. Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 3110175320, 9783110175325 English dialects by continent Category American English Category ... region includes parts of Montana , North Dakota , South Dakota , Minnesota , parts of Wisconsin ... from the neighboring regions of the Western United States West , the Northern United States North , and Canada ... speakers of other languages have had an influence such as the Pennsylvania Dutch English Pennsylvania Dutch region . ref Thomas, Erik R. 2001 . An Acoustic Analysis of Vowel Variation in New World English . Publication of the American Dialect Society 85. Durham Duke University Press. ISBN 0822364948 ... heard in this region may stem from the influence of Mid Ulster English Scots Irish or other British dialects that maintain such forms. The fact that the monophthongs also appear in Canadian English ... American Speech volume 62 issue 3 pages 195 210 publisher Duke University Press location Durham ... of English in the Atlantic States publisher University of Michigan Press date 1961 location ... . This merger is widespread throughout the Midwest , American West West , and Canada . The Pin ... North Dakota culture Category South Dakota culture Category Wisconsin culture ...   more details



  1. North American English regional phonology

    see also Regional vocabularies of American English North American English regional phonology is the study ... parts of North America . North American English can be divided into several regional dialect s based .... North American English includes American English , which has several highly developed and distinct .... American English especially Western dialects and Canadian English have more in common with each other than with the many List of dialects of the English language varieties of English outside North America. The most recent work documenting and studying the phonology of North American English dialects as a whole is the Atlas of North American English by William Labov , Sharon Ash, and Charles Boberg ... area. In more recent work such as the Atlas of North American English , the former is designated ... American English , although the merger is in progress in the Midland. The North is also separated from ... American English The Inland North dialect region was once considered the standard Midwestern speech ... be advanced in the earlier changes as well. North Central Main North Central American English The North ... Minnesota and North Dakota and into eastern Montana . Although the Atlas of North American English ... region it participates in few of the major ongoing sound changes of North American English. The movie ... of North American English , the city of Providence, Rhode Island Providence the only community in Rhode ... of IPA in North American English, approaching IPA o or even IPA . The vowel of cart ... of North American English publisher Mouton de Gruyter location Berlin isbn 3 11 016746 8 page ... Canadian English Canadian English CanE is the variety of North American English used in Canada. The phonetics ..., William , Sharon Ash, and Charles Boberg year 2006 title The Atlas of North American English publisher ... Old Virginia accent English dialects by continent DEFAULTSORT North American English Regional Phonology Category American English Category North American English Category Canadian English Category ...   more details



  1. North English

    North English may refer to North English, Iowa , a city in the United States. The English English Northern England North English dialect and accent of the English language. dab ...   more details



  1. English American

    pp move indef Infobox Ethnic group group English American image File English Americans.JPG 285px caption .... related American ethnicity Americans , English people , English Canadian s, British American s English ... . According to American Community Survey in 2009 data, Americans reporting English ancestry made ... English stock have a tendency to identify simply as American ethnicity Americans ref http books.google.co.uk ... Roanoke Island in present day North Carolina , was the first child born in the Thirteen Colonies to English ... Encyclopedia of North American immigration ref 1775 estimates According to the United States Historical ... efefef Ancestry style background efefef Percentage English People English 48.7 African American ... British total 74.3 English people English 60.9 Scotch Irish American Scotch Irish Scottish American ... style background efefef of br total English 1,900,000 47.5 German American German 42,885,162 15.2 ... English 24,515,138 8.7 Irish American Irish 200,000 5.0 Mexican American Mexican 20,640,711 7.3 Scottish ... Sydney Ducks see Australian American s . During the last years of 1860s, annual English immigration ... of identity Americans of English heritage are often seen as simply American due to the many cultural ... a specific English origin. For these reasons, no other part of the pluralist American society ... . Language Main American English Image English USC2000 PHS.svg thumb right 270px English language distribution in the United States. The English have contributed greatly to American life. Today, English ... no English at all as compared with 3.6 in 1890. American English is different from British English ... between an American English and a British English speaker, but there are certainly enough ... of Culture of the United States American culture also shows influences from English culture . American ... was William S. Harley born to English parents, was one of the people who began the American motorcycle ... Base Ball History ref This early form of the game was apparently brought to North America by English ...   more details



  1. American/English

    Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name American English Type Album Artist Acoustic Alchemy Cover AAAmericanEnglish.jpg Released March 29, 2005 small USA small br April 11, 2005 small UK small Recorded 2005 at br Higher Ground Studios, London , UK br Hansa Haus Studios, Bonn , Germany Genre Smooth Jazz Length 48 45 Label Higher Octave Music br 72435 79755 2 0 Producer Richard Bull dn br Greg Carmichael br Miles Gilderdale Reviews Allmusic 4 5 Allmusic class album id r732241 pure url yes link Last album 14th br Radio Contact br 2003 This album 15th br American English br 2005 Next album 16th br This Way Acoustic Alchemy album This Way br 2007 American English is Acoustic Alchemy s fourth album release on the Higher Octave Music label, and contains eleven tracks, making it also their shortest album with the label to date. The album was preceded by single Say Yeah for smooth jazz radio in the USA, an offering in a hip hop style, remarked by some to be similar in style to British urban singer songwriter Craig David . Experimental attributes include digital processing on Carmichael s guitar, which cut off the ends of each note, and scat style vocals from Gilderdale toward the end of the track. Other highlights include The Detroit Shuffle , reminiscent of 1989 s Catalina Kiss from the Blue Chip Acoustic Alchemy album Blue Chip album. The track fused a vibrant melody with the shuffle rhythm which helped seal the band s popularity in the genre towards the end of the 1980s. This is the first of Acoustic Alchemy s albums to include EMI s Copy Control technique, designed to prevent illegal reproduction and audio ripping of the disc. Such controls only exist on the commercial ... Gilderdale 3 27 7 She Speaks American English Carmichael Gilderdale 4 44 8 Lilac Lane Carmichael ... Yeah Trinity Category Acoustic Alchemy albums Category 2005 albums 2000s jazz album stub ko American English ...   more details



  1. Northern American English (disambiguation)

    Northern American English may refer to Northern American English , a variety of American English used in the northern United States, comprising North Central American English Inland Northern American English General American Western American English See also North American English Northern America disambig ...   more details



  1. Northern American English

    about the variety of the English language spoken in the northern United States Northern American English Northern AmE , also rendered as northern American English is the variety of the English language used in the northern United States . Among the oldest and most pervasive of American English patterns, it is particularly used in New England , New York , New Jersey , and northeastern Pennsylvania , and the dialects extend beyond the Mississippi River Mississippi across northern Iowa , Minnesota , and the Dakotas . ref name CanEn Canadian English. Brinton, Laurel J., and Fee, Marjery, ed. 2005 . Ch. 12. in The Cambridge history of the English language. Volume VI English in North America. , Algeo, John, ed., pp. 422 440. Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press, 1992. ISBN 0 521 26479 0, 978 0 521 26479 2. On p. 422 It is now generally agreed that Canadian English originated as a variant of northern American English the speech of New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania . ref Canadian English is believed by some scholars to have originated from northern American English, ref name CanEn or to simply be a variety of it. ref Canadian English. McArthur, T., ed. 2005 . Concise Oxford companion to the English language , pp. 96 102. Oxford, UK Oxford University Press. ISBN 0 19 280637 8. On p. 97 Because CanE and AmE are so alike, some scholars have argued that in linguistic terms Canadian English is no more or less than a variety of Northern American English . ref References reflist 2 See also North American English North Central American English Inland Northern American English General American Western American English Category American English Ling stub ...   more details



  1. American English (disambiguation)

    Wiktionary American English American English is the dialect of the English language used mostly in the United States of America. American English may also refer to American English band , a Beatles tribute band. American English song , by Idlewild American English album American English album 1987 , by Wax American English , a 2005 album by Acoustic Alchemy red links American English screenplay American English , a screenplay written for Simon Pegg and Nick Frost American English band , a Beatles tribute band See also Anglo American disambiguation disambig ...   more details



  1. North English, Iowa

    Infobox settlement official name North English, Iowa settlement type City nickname motto Images image skyline imagesize image caption image flag image seal Maps image map Keokuk County Iowa Incorporated and Unincorporated areas North English Highlighted.svg mapsize 250px map caption Location of North English, Iowa image map1 mapsize1 map caption1 Location subdivision type List of countries Country subdivision name USA subdivision type1 Political divisions of the United States State subdivision name1 flag Iowa subdivision type2 List of counties in Iowa Counties subdivision name2 Iowa County, Iowa Iowa , Keokuk County, Iowa Keokuk government footnotes government type leader title leader name leader title1 leader name1 established title established date Area unit pref Imperial area footnotes area magnitude area total km2 1.4 area land km2 1.4 area water km2 0.0 area total sq mi 0.6 area land sq mi 0.6 area water sq mi 0.0 Population population as of United States Census, 2000 2000 population ... information timezone North American Central Time Zone Central CST utc offset 6 timezone DST CDT utc ... Names Information System GNIS feature ID blank1 info 0459577 website footnotes North English ... . The population was 991 at the 2000 census. It is named for the English River Iowa English River . Geography North English is located at coord 41 30 55 N 92 4 42 W city 41.515202, 92.078331 GR 1 ... pages elementary.html English Valleys Elementary School http www.english valleys.k12.ia.us pages highschool.htm English Valleys Jr Sr High School References references Iowa County, Iowa Keokuk County, Iowa Category Cities in Iowa Category Iowa County, Iowa Category Keokuk County, Iowa ca North English io North English, Iowa ht North English, Iowa nl North English pl North English Iowa pt North English simple North English, Iowa vo North English ... American U.S. Census African American , 0.30 Native American U.S. Census Native American , 0.10 ...   more details



  1. Western American English

    fronted like in most of North America. A minority of speakers have the pin pen merger . Local dialects California English Utah English Wyoming English Idaho English Boontling Hawaiian English Pacific Northwest English References reflist Labov, William, Sharon Ash, and Charles Boberg 2006 . The Atlas of North American English. Berlin Mouton de Gruyter. ISBN 3 11 016746 8 External links http www.stanford.edu ... 206 Phonology and phonetics Image West IPA.PNG 360px right thumb Western American English International Phonetic Alphabet IPA chart. Unlike the Inland North or Great Lakes , cot caught merger and no Northern ... distinct from either Canadian English Canadian or Midland American English less Canadian ... Northern American English Great Lakes . Unlike the Highland South, IPA ou is conservative ... 1693373 Dr. Eckert s Interview About Northern California Speech English dialects by continent Category Western United States Category American English ... hella adverb very , adjective much many mud hen a common term for the American coot ref name Carver ...   more details



  1. American Indian Pidgin English

    American Indian Pidgin English AIPE is an English language English based pidgin spoken by Native Americans. It is mentioned in World Englishes , by Andy Kirkpatrick page 56 as one of many factors influencing American English . Category English based pidgins and creoles ...   more details



  1. Midland American English

    Labov Labov , Ash, and Boberg The Atlas of North American English , 2006 , based solely on phonology and phonetics , defined the Midland area as a buffer zone between the Inland Northern American English Inland North and the Southern American English South this area essentially coincides with Kurath and McDavid s North Midland, the South Midland being now reckoned as part of the South. Indeed, while ..., William, Sharon Ash, and Charles Boberg 2006 . The Atlas of North American English. Berlin Mouton de Gruyter. ISBN 3 11 016746 8 English dialects by continent Category American English ...Refimprove date June 2009 cleanup date June 2008 The Midland dialect of American English was first defined ... American English West . Major cities of this dialect area include Kansas City , St. Louis , Columbus ... was described as being in the Inland Northern American English Northern dialect region in the first ... English . St. Louis and vicinity St. Louis, Missouri is historically one among several North Midland ... of the Appalachian Mountains . Kurath and McDavid The Pronunciation of English in the Atlantic States , 1961 later divided this region into two discrete subdivisions the North Midland beginning north of the Ohio River valley area, and the South Midland . Craig M. Carver American Regional Dialects A Word Geography , 1987 essentially renamed the North Midland the Lower North and the South Midland ... the Ohio River. The North Midland is arguably the major region whose speech most closely approximates General American . ref http webspace.ship.edu cgboer dialectsofenglish.html ref General features ... difference between the Midland and the North is that the word on contains the phoneme IPA as in caught ... caught merger , on which see below. For this reason, one of the names for the North Midland boundary ... vowel IPA u are pronounced with the FOOT vowel IPA . Fact date April 2008 Phonetics The North Midland ... fronting of IPA o the phoneme IPA o as in boat is fronter than in many other American accents ...   more details



  1. Regional vocabularies of American English

    for variations in the pronunciation of spoken English in North America North American English regional phonology Regional vocabularies of American English vary. Below is a list of lexicon lexical differences ... the North, the Midland American English Midland , and the South many of these terms spread ... queried North American English speakers usage of a variety of linguistic items, including vocabulary ... Northern American English North Central American English braht or brat bratwurst ref name DARE ... lexical variables include ref Examples in this section are from the Dictionary of American Regional English 2002 , except where otherwise noted. ref ref name DARE Cassidy, Frederic Gomes, and Joan Houston Hall eds . 2002 Dictionary of American Regional English . Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press. ref faucet North and spigot South ref name Metcalf Metcalf, Alan A. 2000 How we talk American regional English today . New York Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ref frying pan North and South ... areas of the United States. The Northeast See also Northeastern American English brook creek. Mainly ... of it. New York Times, section A, page 16. ref The Midland See also Midland American English ... , where soda predominates ref name PopSoda The South see also Southern American English alligator ... also over yonder ref Wolfram, Walt, and Natalie Schilling Estes. 2006 American English dialects and variation .... from Chinook Jargon ref name OED2 See also American and British English differences section Lexis vocabulary Baltimorese Pittsburgh English General American List of dialects of the English language Sociolinguistics ... of American Regional English English dialects by continent Category American English R Category American slang Category City colloquials American Category Lexis American English ... Readings in American Dialectology . New York Appleton Century Crofts. ref and skillet Midland, Gulf ... , eaves trough in land North, West , and rainspouting chiefly Maryland and Pennsylvania pit North ...   more details



  1. Inland Northern American English

    English Pittsburgh . The Inland North dialect of American English is spoken in a region that includes most of the cities along the Erie Canal and on the U.S. side of Great Lakes region North ... or even IPA ba . Vocabulary See also Regional vocabularies of American English The North Note that not all ... of the English language American English regional differences North Central American English ... of Chicago as far as St. Louis, Missouri , which historically belong to the Midland American English Midland region, have also begun taking on features of the Inland North s Northern Cities Shift in recent decades. On the other hand, Erie, Pennsylvania was regarded as an Inland North city by researchers ... elsewhere in the Midwest . As in General American, Inland North speech is Rhotic and non rhotic ... throughout the Midwest , American West West , and Canada . The Inland North does not undergo the Phonological history of English low back vowels Cot caught merger cot caught merger . Many speakers ... it is in some other North American accents and the nucleus of IPA a may be more backed than in some other North American accents. Like IPA a , the nucleus of IPA o as in go and boat remains a back ... American English. Berlin Mouton de Gruyter. ISBN 3 11 016746 8 External links http www.yorku.ca earmstro ... Project Maps English dialects by continent Category American English Category Culture of Buffalo, New ..., and thus the approximate area where the Inland North dialect predominates. Note that the region surrounding ... regarded as the basis for General American in the mid 20th century, ref http www.newyorker.com ... of the Inland North Dialect include United States President President Ronald Reagan , former Governor ... The Inland North consists of western and central New York State Syracuse, New York Syracuse , Rochester ... Phonetics Image Inland North IPA.PNG 350px right thumb Based on Labov et al. averaged F1 F2 means for speakers from the Inland North. Note that IPA is higher and fronter than IPA , while IPA is more ...   more details



  1. American English (song)

    Single infobox Name American English Cover AmericanEnglish Idlewild.jpg Artist Idlewild band Idlewild from Album The Remote Part Released June 2002 Format vinyl record 7 , compact disc CD Recorded ? Genre Alternative rock Alternative Length 4 36 Label Parlophone Producer Dave Eringa Last single You Held the World in Your Arms br 2002 This single American English br 2002 Next single Live in a Hiding Place br 2002 American English is a song by Scotland Scottish rock band Idlewild band Idlewild , from their 2002 album The Remote Part . It was released as the second single music single from the album in June 2002 and charted at 15 in the UK Singles Chart see 2002 in British music . It features piano performed by sometime band member Jeremy Mills . Track listings In the UK CD 1 small CDRS6582 small American English Poor Thing These Are Just Years American English video CD 2 American English The Nothing I Know We Always Have To Impress 7 American English Poor Thing song stub Category 2002 singles Category Idlewild songs Idlewild ...   more details



  1. Southern American English

    make up the largest Dialects of North American English accent group in the United States . ref Cite ... Sharon last3 Boberg first3 Charles year 2006 title The Atlas of North American English location Berlin ... thumb 300px Approximate extent of Southern American English, based upon multiple dialect ... of pin and pen in Southern American English. In the purple areas, the merger is complete for most ... on Harvcoltxt Labov Ash Boberg 2006 p 68 . Southern American English is a group of dialect s of the English ... 15 publisher http www.pbs.org pbs.org ref Southern American English can be divided into several regional sub dialects. African American Vernacular English AAVE has common points with Southern dialects ... The Southern dialects collectively known as Southern American English stretch across the southeastern ... between the regions of the South see the Dialects different southern American English dialects section ... features File Southern American English phonology.png 500px right thumb Mean formant values for the ANAE ... liberal accents have , Southern American English may have a new vowel diphthong , as in aunt ... of both older Southern American English and newer Southern American English. Note please put only ... found across the Southern United States , collectively known as Southern American English. Yet .... The dialect of Oklahoma , for example, is a mixture of Midland American English and South Midland Southern American English. ref name EOHC Cite web last Southard first Bruce title Speech Patterns work ..., on the basis of influence from Southern and Western English dialects. African American Vernacular English Main African American Vernacular English This type of Southern American English originated ... and one another. Since the slave masters spoke Southern American English, the English the slaves learned, which has developed into what is now African American Vernacular English , had many SAE ... partially based on AAVE, since this type of English dialect was modeled after American English ...   more details



  1. Dictionary of American English

    Unreferenced date July 2007 A Dictionary of American English on Historical Principles DAE is a dictionary of terms appearing in English in the United States that was published in four volumes from 1938 to 1944 by the University of Chicago Press . ref Cite web url http lccn.loc.gov 39008203 title Library of Congress LCCN Permalink for 39008203 work lccn.loc.gov accessdate February 14, 2010 ref ref cite journal title A Dictionary of American English on Historical Principles author John Davidson journal The Sewanee Review volume 48 issue 4 date Oct. Dec., 1940 pages 544 546 publisher The Johns Hopkins University Press url http www.jstor.org stable 27535715 ref ref cite journal title Short Notices journal The Review of English Studies year 1962 volume XIII issue 50 pages 221 222 doi 10.1093 res XIII.50.221 publisher Oxford University Press accessdate February 14, 2010 ref Intended to pick up where the Oxford English Dictionary left off, it covers American English words and phrases in use from the first English settlements up to the start of the 20th century. History The work was begun in 1925 by William A. Craigie . The first volume appeared in 1936 under the editorship of Craigie and James R. Hulbert, ref University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center, Guide to the James R. Hulbert Papers,1912 1936 http ead.lib.uchicago.edu view.xqy?id ICU.SPCL.HULBERTJ&c h ref a professor of English at the University of Chicago. The four volume edition was completed with the help of George Watson and Allen Walker Read . The work was one of the sources for the Dictionary of Americanisms , c. 1952, prepared under the direction of Mitford Mathews. A similar, but unrelated modern work, the Dictionary of American Regional English , is presently being compiled to show dialect ... p. 2529 2552 Notes references DEFAULTSORT Dictionary Of American English Category English dictionaries American English Category American literature Category 1938 books Category University of Chicago ...   more details



  1. African American Vernacular English

    English Dialects of North American English English based creole languages Gullah language Ebonics Habitual ...African American topics sidebar right IPA notice lang en African American Vernacular English AAVE also called African American English less precisely Black English , Black Vernacular , Black English Vernacular BEV , or Black Vernacular English BVE is an African American Variety linguistics variety dialect , ethnolect and sociolect of American English . Non linguists sometimes call it Ebonics a term ... respects, common to Southern American English , which is spoken by many African Americans and many ... of Sociolinguistics 1 1997 315 336 all as cited in Salikoko Mufwene, What is African American English? , and Guy Bailey, The relationship between African American Vernacular English and White Vernaculars ..., ed., Sociocultural and Historical Contexts of African American English, Varieties of English .... ref harvcoltxt Labov 1972 p 8 ref The traits of AAVE that separate it from Standard American English ... to Standard American English, including gumbo , ref Shorter OED, 5th edition, cf Bantu languages ... that there is a strong relationship between AAVE and Southern American English , the unique ... colloquial American English. Phonology There is near uniformity of AAVE grammar, despite vast ... that set AAVE apart from forms of Standard English such as General American include Word final ... to IPA a this is also a feature of many Southern American English dialects . The vowel ... from standard American English ref name Howe harvcoltxt Howe Walker 2000 p 110 ref Use of ain t as a general ... check for details. ref AAVE also has words that either are not part of Standard American English ... Gray Smitherman, Black Talk, s.v. Gray . Paddy Dictionary of American Regional English, s.v. Paddy ... Dictionary of American Regional English, s.vv. Kitchen , Siditty . ref AAVE has also contributed ... American English if textbooks and teachers incorporated AAVE in teaching black children to speak ...   more details



  1. Dictionary of American Regional English

    The Dictionary of American Regional English DARE or Dictionary is a record of American English as spoken ... Eds. Frederic G. Cassidy and Joan Houston Hall. Dictionary of American Regional English , Cambridge ... G. Cassidy and Joan Houston Hall. Dictionary of American Regional English , Cambridge, MA Belknap .... ref Hall, Joan Houston. The Dictionary of American Regional English. Language in the USA Perspectives ... Hall. Dictionary of American Regional English , Cambridge, MA Belknap Press of Harvard University Press ... Houston. The Dictionary of American Regional English. Language in the USA Perspectives for the 21st ... Hall. Dictionary of American Regional English , Cambridge, MA Belknap Press of Harvard University ... Houston Hall. Dictionary of American Regional English , Cambridge, MA Belknap Press of Harvard University ... Houston Hall. Dictionary of American Regional English , Cambridge, MA Belknap Press of Harvard ... Houston Hall. Dictionary of American Regional English , Cambridge, MA Belknap Press of Harvard University ... pronunciation variants in American English, allows comparison of sounds in the same context from ... small http www.hup.harvard.edu catalog CASDI1.html Dictionary of American Regional English , 1985 ... describing the Dictionary of American Regional English , 2005. An Index by Region, Usage, and Etymology to the Dictionary of American Regional English, Volumes I and II. Publication of the American ... to the Dictionary of American Regional English, Volume III. Publication of the American ... of American Regional English official site, hosted by The University of Wisconsin Madison ... www.wordsmith.org Wordsmith Chat DEFAULTSORT Dictionary Of American Regional English Category English dictionaries Category American English Category Harvard University Press books Category 1985 books fr Dictionary of American Regional English ... edition. DARE is a record of the language of the American people, reflecting all the richness ...   more details



  1. American and British English differences

    have mapped at least four major regional variations of spoken American English Northern, Southern, Midland American English Midland , and Western. ref Labov, William Sharon Ash & Charles Boberg. 2006 . Atlas of North American English Phonetics, Phonology and Sound Change. Berlin New York Mouton ... common in North American English, though even there it is often regarded as non standard. In AmE ... of a series of articles about the differences between American English and British English , which, for the purposes of these articles , are defined as follows American and British English differences American English AmE is the form of English used in the United States. It includes all English ... Kingdom. It includes all English dialects used within the United Kingdom. Written forms of American .... ref comparing American newspapers with British newspapers, for example . This kind of formal English ... . pp431 ref An unofficial standard for spoken American English has also developed, as a result of mass ... standard, regional variations of American English have not only persisted but have actually intensified ... dialects of American English. Linguistics Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania. http www.ling.upenn.edu ... article2398845.ece postscript None ref British and American English are the reference norms ... many new American English forms quickly become familiar outside of the United States. Although most dialects of English used in the former British Empire outside of North America are, to various extents ... , ref http books.google.ca books?id ia5tHVtQPn8C&pg PA268&dq 22northern american english 22&ei ... VI English in North America. , Algeo, John, ed., pp. 422 440. Cambridge, UK Cambridge University ... English originated as a variant of northern American English the speech of New England, New York ... distribution of english number of native speakers . ref For the most part American vocabulary, phonology ... American English rather than American English Trudgill and Hannah, 2002 . Nonetheless Canadian English ...   more details



  1. English League North

    Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The English League North was the top flight ice hockey league in northern England from 1978, when it alongside the English League South it replaced the Southern League ice hockey Southern League . In 1982, it was replaced by the British Hockey League , running on a national basis. Champions 1978 79 Sheffield Lancers 1979 80 Liverpool Leopards 1980 81 Blackpool Seagulls 1981 82 Blackpool Seagulls British ice hockey Category Defunct ice hockey leagues in the United Kingdom Icehockey league stub ...   more details



  1. American English (album)

    Infobox Album Name American English Type studio Artist Wax pop band Wax Cover Wax American English album cover.jpg Released Start date 1987 Recorded Start date 1987 3 2 Start date 1987 5 20 , Westside Studios, London Genre Length 41 35 Label RCA Records RCA Producer Christopher Neil , Andrew Gold , Graham Gouldman Reviews Last album Magnetic Heaven br 1986 This album American English br 1987 Next album 100,000 in Fresh Notes br 1988 Misc Singles Name American English Type studio Single 1 In Some Other World Single 1 date Start date 1986 Single 2 Bridge to Your Heart Single 2 date Start date 1987 7 Single 3 American English Single 3 date Start date 1987 American English is a 1987 album by Wax pop band Wax , and includes their hit single Bridge to Your Heart . The album cover, designed by Storm Thorgerson , shows objects that all refer to wax. ref cite web url http www.andrewgold.com photo42.htm title Andrew Gold website accessdate 2008 06 22 ref Track listing All songs were written by Andrew Gold and Graham Gouldman , except where noted. Side one American English 4 25 In Some Other World 4 45 Ready or Not 3 31 Call It Destiny 4 03 Bridge to Your Heart 4 14 Side two li value 6 Share the Glory Paul Bliss, Phil Palmer 3 56 Alright Tonight 4 14 The Promise 3 14 Heaven in Her Bed 4 36 Bug in the Machine 4 21 Personnel Andrew Gold vocals, backing vocals, keyboards, guitar on track 10, drums and programming, production on tracks 4, 9, and 10 Graham Gouldman bass guitar, backing vocals, guitar on tracks 1 5, and 7 9, vocals on track 10, production on tracks 4, 9, and 10 Christopher Neil production on tracks 1 3, and 5 8, backing vocals Phil Palmer guitar on track 6 Adrian Lee keyboards Paul Wickens Wix keyboards Peter Van Hooke drums and programming Paul Carrack backing vocals Tessa Niles backing vocals Jackie Rawe backing vocals Lorna Wright voice on track 1 Raissa Danilou voice on track 1 Kyoko Ono voice on track 1 Ruth Cuenca voice on track 1 Simon Hurrell engineer, recording ...   more details



  1. Corpus of Contemporary American English

    The freely searchable 410 million word Corpus of Contemporary American English COCA is the largest text corpus corpus of American English currently available, and the only publicly available corpus of American English to contain a wide array of texts from a number of genres. It was created by Mark Davies , Professor of corpus linguistics Corpus Linguistics at Brigham Young University . ref cite web url http www.helsinki.fi varieng CoRD corpora COCA background.html title Varieng accessdate 2010 06 22 ref Content The corpus is composed of more than 410 million words from more than 160,000 texts, including 20 million words each year from 1990 to 2010. The most recent update was made in the summer of 2010. The corpus is used by approximately 40,000 people each month, which may make it the most widely used structured corpus currently available. For each year, the corpus is evenly divided between the five genres spoken, fiction, popular magazines, newspapers, and academic journals. The texts come from a variety of sources Spoken 85 million words Transcripts of unscripted conversation from nearly 150 different TV and radio programs. Fiction 81 million words Short stories and plays, first chapters ... million word TIME Magazine corpus, and the 400 million word Corpus of Historical American English COHA ... for the Corpus of Contemporary American English COCA http corpus.byu.edu Other large online corpora ... count 2 Citation last Davies first Mark title The Corpus of Contemporary American English as the First Reliable Monitor Corpus of English . Literary and Linguistic Computing 25 447 65 year 2011 Citation ... Word Corpus of Contemporary American English 1990 present . International Journal of Corpus Linguistics ... is only available through the web interface, due to copyright restrictions. See also American ... 15 405 11 year 2010 Citation last Anderson first Wendy, and John Corbett title Exploring English ... of English. Edinburgh Univ. Press. year 2009 Citation last Davies first Mark title The advantage ...   more details



  1. Ron English (American football)

    About the American football coach the artist Ron English artist Infobox college coach Name Ron English ... University Eastern Michigan FootballHOF Ron English born May 21, 1968 in Pomona, California is an American ... with the NFL s New York Jets . In the 2006 season, English coached only Safety American football ... Sport American football Football College Eastern Michigan University Eastern Michigan Conference Mid American Conference Title Head coach CurrentRecord 2&ndash 22 OverallRecord 2&ndash 22 BowlRecord ... Y Years 1987&ndash 1990 Team University of California, Berkley California Position Safety American football ... ncb news story?id 3784036 Report English to be announced as EMU coach ESPN.com, December 20, 2008 ref Playing career and education From 1987 to 1990, English attended and played college football at the University ... career English has served as an assistant coach at Mt. San Antonio College , Northern Arizona University ... Bears . However, Michigan head coach Lloyd Carr persuaded English to stay on as the defensive ... fully on his responsibilities as defensive coordinator. English s defense showed great success against .... With Carr s retirement at the end of the 2007 season, English, along with all of the assistant ... Rich Rodriguez . English interviewed for the head coaching vacancies at the University of Arkansas ... of Louisville . English was hired as head coach at Eastern Michigan University Eastern Michigan in December 2008. At the time of his hiring by Eastern Michigan, he was one of six African American ... Eastern Michigan Will Hire Ron English SI.com, December 21, 2008. ref Eastern Michigan compiled a 0 ... Mid American Conference startyear 2009 endyear CFB Yearly Record Entry year 2009 NCAA Division I FBS ... football Eastern Michigan profile http uoflsports.cstv.com sports m footbl mtt english ron00.html Louisville ... navbox Mid American Conference football coaches Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME English, Ron ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH May 21, 1968 PLACE OF BIRTH Pomona ...   more details




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