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"Linguist Finds Dialect A-flourishin' in Appalachia," The New York Times, February 7, 2000 - Professor Kirk Hazen visits a middle school in Appalachia where 'holler' talk, a dialect of local hills and valleys, coexists with standard English. "Saving Alaska's Languages," NPR, March 8, 2002 - The University of Alaska's "Alaska Native Language Center" promotes use of the state's native languages in the hopes of preserving the 20 known languages. "The
Organization of Dialect Diversity in North America," by William
Labov, "War on the Words: Soft-drink vernacular stirs debate," By Jason Straziuso, Montery Herald Dialects in Danger - Walt Wolfram investigates the case of the disappearing Outer Banks Brogue (article from Language Magazine) "Expressions of Brotherly Love"- an article by Claudio Salvucci in Language Magazine investigating the Philadelphia dialect. "Language Evolution or Dying Traditions: The State of American Dialects," by Walt Wolfram (from the Language Magazine) "Dialect Identity in a Tri-Ethnic Context: The Case of Lumbee American Indian English," by Walt Wolfram Harvard University's Comprehensive English Dialects web site Regional dialect map of "bought" Regional dialect map of "talk" The Great Soda vs. Pop Controversy Boston dialect glossary - The Wicked Good Guide to Boston English The Dictionary
of American Regional English "The Gullah Dialect and Sea Island Culture Part I: The Gullah Dialect," by Dennis Adams & Hillary Barnwell American Dialect Society- contains links to information about American English dialects. Mid-Atlantic Dialect information English to American web-dictionary The American Dialect Homepage - contains detailed information about regional varieties of English in the U.S. and Canada. Slanguage: The North Jersey dialect web page Coal Speak - The Official Coal Region Dictionary of Pennsylvania Pittsburghese - the Pittsburgh
dialect Linguistic Atlas Projects - an atlas that describing American speech patterns Slanguage - a fun site The Dialectizer - a fun site (warning: not "politically correct")
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