The atlas of North American English phonetics, phonology, and sound change : a multimedia reference tool / by William Labov, Sharon Ash, Charles Boberg.

Author/creator Labov, William
Other author Ash, Sharon.
Other author Boberg, Charles.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBerlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter,
Description318 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps ; 31 X 41 cm. + 1 CD-ROM ( 4 3/4 in.)
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
English language--North America.
English language--Dialects. --North America.
English language--Variation. --North America.
Americanisms.
Canadianisms.

Contents Introduction -- The North American English vowel system -- Principles of chain shifting and mergers -- Sampling methods -- Methods of acoustic analysis -- The construction of isoglosses -- The restoration of post-vocalic /r/ -- Nearly completed mergers -- North American mergers in progress -- The vowels of North American English -- The dialects of North American English -- The fronting of back upgliding vowels -- The short-a and short-o configurations -- The North -- Canada -- New England -- New york City and the mid-Atlantic states -- The South -- The Midland -- The West -- Lexical and grammatical maps -- African-Americans -- The atlas of North American English : an overview.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2005027981
ISBN9783110167467 (bk. with CD-ROM : acid-free paper)
ISBN3110167468 (bk. with CD-ROM : acid-free paper)

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