The Atlas of North American English and its impacts on approaches to dialect geography

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ID3629976
AutoresElaine R Thomas (0000-0002-8737-4819, autor correspondente), Erik R Thomas (North Carolina State University U.S.A)
Ano2016
Volume20
Fascículo4
Páginas489-497
Data de publicação2016-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Sociolinguistics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1360-6441 • E-ISSN: 1467-9841
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/josl.12193
OpenAlexW2521278447
IdiomaEN
Referências citadas10

The Atlas of North American English (ANAE) is a survey of vocalic variation in North American English and the culmination of Labov's years of work on vowel shifting. It covers the entire continent and employs modern acoustic analysis to reveal shifting patterns. As such, it represents a significant step forward for dialectology. Importantly, its focus is more current than historical. It has some weaknesses, such as poor coverage of minorities and diphthongization and an outdated notation. However, its perspective will drive future approaches to geographical variation and vowel shifting. Sound changes, both for English and for other languages, must now be viewed as components of integrated systems. Geographical surveys should henceforth take the extent of these systems into account

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