The Atlas of North American English: Phonetics, Phonology, and Sound Change : a Multimedia Reference Tool
- ISBN-10
- 3110167468
- ISBN-13
- 9783110167467
- Category
- Americanisms
- Pages
- 318
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter
- Authors
- William Labov, Sharon Ash, Charles Boberg
Description
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.
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