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3 sty 2018 · A survey of more than 30,000 people, turned into a series of maps, showcase the linguistic quirks that make American English such a fascinating dialect.
There are 8 major English dialect areas in North America, listed below the map at left. These are shown in blue, each with its number, on the map and in the Dialect Description Chart below, and are also outlined with blue lines on the map.
15 paź 2024 · American accents have distinct pronunciations and vocabulary across the US. Here's a quick tour through the different accents in the country.
Joshua Katz, a Ph.D. student of statistics at North Carolina State University, took on the job of mapping the linguistic variation of the US and published them in a book he titled Speaking American. Here are some of the coolest maps from his collection.
21 gru 2013 · What does the way you speak say about where you’re from? Answer all the questions below to see your personal dialect map.
6 kwi 2017 · The Midland and Western dialects originate from the southern and western settlements. The Quakers founded the southern colonies in 1675 and those in the west by residents from England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1717. The detailed map of North American dialects and their main divisions are shown on the map below.
Map 1 shows four major dialect regions: the Inland North, the South, the West, and the Midland. The first three show a relatively uniform development of the three major sound shifts of American English, each moving in different directions.
