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North-Central American or Upper Midwestern English, based around Minnesota, northern Wisconsin, and North Dakota, may show some elements of the Northern cities vowel shift and the ANAE classifies it as a transitional dialect between the Inland North, Canada, and the West. Many Upper Midwesterners
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do not fit under the Northern U.S. accent spectrum, or only marginally. Each has one or more phonological characteristics that disqualifies them or, for the latter two, exhibit too much internal variation to classify definitively. Meanwhile,
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have a full cot-caught merger, however, which disqualifies this dialect from the ANAE's traditional definition for a "Northern" dialect region in the United States.
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These phonemic variants in certain words are particularly correlated with the American Northeast (with the more common variants nationwide given in parentheses):
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featured interviews with two Brahmin speakers who then estimated that were about 1000 of them left. Notable example speakers included many members of the
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dialect (most notably spoken in Chicago, Detroit, and western New York State). The vowel shift's generating conditions are also present in some
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is presumed to have originated, but branched off, from Northern U.S. English within the past two or three centuries.
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Northwestern American English similarly does not qualify under the ANAE definition, instead falling broadly under
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21st century research unites the brown region of this map as a Northern U.S. superdialect region. Notice that the
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The following pronunciation variants used more strongly in this region than anywhere else in the country:
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Knight, Dudley. "Standard Speech". In: Hampton, Marian E. & Barbara Acker (eds.) (1997).
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Northeastern American English occurs in the red areas, particularly along the Atlantic coast.
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A Northeastern Corridor of the United States follows the Atlantic coast, comprising all the
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The ANAE defines a Northern linguistic super-region of American English dialects as having:
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within the United States. The North as a superdialect region is best documented by the 2006
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In the very early 20th century, a generic Northern U.S. accent was the basis for the term "
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Inland North American English appears in all these states, especially in areas along the
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This type of raising also appears to be spreading beyond the North, appearing also in
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The Cambridge history of the English language. Volume VI: English in North America.
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A lexical dialect survey of American English using site-restricted web searches
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incidence (that is, basic units of sound that can distinguish certain words).
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The North has historically been one of the last U.S. regions to maintain the
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THE NORTHERN CITIES SHIFT AND LOCAL IDENTITY IN A SUBURBAN CLEVELAND GROUP
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The North is reported as uniquely or most strongly using certain words:
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is a series of sound changes in the North that covers a large area from
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The Northeast tends to retain a contrastive /ɔ/ vowel (in words like
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Purnell, Thomas; Eric Raimy; and Joseph Salmons (eds.) (2013).
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more widely common around Boston, New York City, and the South)
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For the generalized variety of English in North America, see
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A National Map of The Regional Dialects of American English
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Terms common or even usual to the whole Northeast include:
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Most broadly, the ANAE classifies Northern U.S. accents as
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The ANAE argues that, though geographically located in the
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promoted in theatrical elocution courses in the same era.
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characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see
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The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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Wisconsin talk: Linguistic diversity in the Badger State
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Class of historically related American English dialects
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Labov, William; Ash, Sharon; Boberg, Charles (1997). "
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Varieties of English: The Americas and the Caribbean
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Schneider, 567:height, slight, advice, clout, ouch, lout, 3021:Comparison of American and British English 1994: 1980: 1022: 191: 3132:Culture of the Northeastern United States 1946: 1753: 1741: 1729: 1661: 1649: 1062:(in addition to the variant rhyming with 2714: 1689: 1528:. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 109. 1484: 1457: 994: 804:, but this has largely given way to the 614: 571:hide, slide, advise, cloud, gouge, loud, 3127:Culture of the Midwestern United States 1840:Dictionary of American Regional English 1820:Grive, Jack; Asnaghi Costanza (2013). " 1808:Dictionary of American Regional English 1772:Dictionary of American Regional English 1712: 1710: 1708: 1706: 224:question marks, boxes, or other symbols 3114: 1904: 1250:(a twisted, often stick-like doughnut) 861:(a freshwater lobster-like crustacean) 1975: 251:) is a class of historically related 3091:Non-native pronunciations of English 1703: 1617:. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. p. 133. 1557: 1554:. 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Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. p. 134. 375:Central and Western Canadian English 1884: 1716:Vaux, Bert and Scott Golder. 2003. 1615:The Atlas of North American English 1552:The Atlas of North American English 1539:The Atlas of North American English 1361:Elite Northeastern American English 13: 1940: 1674:A Handbook of Varieties of English 758:distinction between /ɔr/ and /oʊr/ 396:(unlike the South, which commonly 14: 3143: 1912:The Vocal Vision: Views on Voice. 1034:with the "i" pronounced with the 824:, as in the rest of the country. 547:Western American English dialects 1454:Inland Northern American English 1448:Inland Northern American English 913: 347:Southwestern New England dialect 1920: 1863: 1846: 1827: 1814: 1795: 1778: 1759: 1747: 1735: 1723: 1683: 1667: 1655: 1442:cultivated transatlantic accent 1194: 934:; to fool around or waste time) 581:(and the traditional accent of 270:Atlas of North American English 3041:English-based creole languages 1643: 1629: 1607: 1578: 1544: 1531: 1516: 1491:North-Central American English 1402:accent". This accent included 1375:accent, sometimes known as a " 1: 3081:List of English-based pidgins 1934:. University of Pennsylvania. 1928:Dialects of the United States 1510: 991:Northeastern American English 827: 466:far in the back of the mouth. 3076:Linguistic purism in English 569:etc., but not in words like 430: 7: 2177:London & Thames Estuary 1479:Western New England English 1471:Northern cities vowel shift 597:Northern Cities Vowel Shift 565:(therefore, in words, like 10: 3148: 3036:English as a lingua franca 1718:The Harvard Dialect Survey 1690:McCarthy, Natalie (2004). 1488: 1451: 1414:, and a resistance to the 1364: 1156:, in addition to the more 970:(the usual plural form of 488:, meaning that words like 255:, spoken by predominantly 18: 3016:Broad and general accents 2998: 2951: 2926:regional and occupational 2906: 2893: 2886: 2798: 2759: 2707: 2685: 2625: 2557: 2422: 2411: 2356: 2338: 2311: 2283: 2246: 2223: 2162: 2124: 2047: 2038: 2027: 2018: 1947:Schneider, Edgar (2008). 1495:Pacific Northwest English 867:(the end of a bread loaf) 752:Declining characteristics 573:etc.)—is common in 295:Northeastern Pennsylvania 253:American English dialects 241:Northern American English 210: 190: 174: 162: 157: 129: 105:Northern American English 48: 38: 33: 29:Northern American English 28: 1505:Western American English 446:etc.) and traditionally 370:Upper Midwestern accents 335:New York's Hudson Valley 1915:Hal Leonard Corporation 1897:Encyclopædia Britannica 1860:. Word Reference. 2017. 1416:Mary-marry-merry merger 1324:(any sweet, carbonated 1005:dialects of New England 776:, for example, are not 691:as the single-syllable 658:as the single-syllable 486:cot–caught merger 339:Inland Northern dialect 2194:Received Pronunciation 1466: 1410:, a resistance to the 1391:, including President 1371:A cultivated or elite 1000: 843:, tied under the chin) 760:, in which words like 603:west through the U.S. 601:western New York State 506:pronounced identically 354:Northern United States 212:This article contains 95:North American English 43:Northern United States 21:North American English 2388:Multicultural Toronto 1626:Labov et al., p. 190. 1485:Transitional dialects 1461: 1023:Phonemic distribution 1009:Greater New York City 998: 615:Phonemic distribution 585:), as well as in the 484:A common lack of the 412:sounds in words like 400:this sound) and from 386:Southern U.S. accents 384:, distinguished from 279:Western Massachusetts 245:Northern U.S. English 34:Northern U.S. English 2549:Western Pennsylvania 1636:"Talking the Tawk", 1344:(a sunny rainshower) 1318:(any athletic shoes) 1044:(in addition to the 1013:Greater Philadelphia 563:voiceless consonants 543:Philadelphia English 524:voiceless consonants 315:Eastern South Dakota 147:Early Modern English 3086:Mid-Atlantic accent 2677:Trinidad and Tobago 1367:Mid-Atlantic accent 575:eastern New England 530:, and elsewhere in 526:, including in the 462:, etc.) pronounced 362:Eastern New England 2609:Pennsylvania Dutch 1467: 1354:semi-trailer truck 1001: 605:Great Lakes region 539:California English 343:Great Lakes region 261:Great Lakes region 3109: 3108: 2994: 2993: 2794: 2793: 2703: 2702: 2621: 2620: 2617: 2616: 2542:Pacific Northwest 2403:Standard Canadian 2334: 2333: 2279: 2278: 2219: 2218: 1964:978-3-110-20840-5 1955:Walter de Gruyter 1892:"John F. 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