Speech in the Western states / edited by Valerie Fridland ... [et al]. - Durham : Duke University P., 2016. - Vol. : ill., maps, diagrs., charts, graphs. - (Publication of the American Dialect Society) .

Supplement to American Speech, Volume 91<-92> Volume 1 : The Coastal States
Volume 2: The Mountain West

Includes bibliographical references.

Volume 1. The coastal states / edited by Valerie Fridland, Tyler Kendall, Betsy E. Evans and Alicia Beckford Wassink -- volume 2. The Mountain West / edited by Valerie Fridland, Alicia Beckford Wassink, Tyler Kendall, and Betsy E. Evans.
Vol. 1. The low vowels in California's central valley / Annette D'onofrio, Penelope Eckert, Robert J. Podesva, Teresa Pratt, and Janneke Van Hofwegen -- Between California and the Pacific Northwest : the front lax vowels in San Francisco English / Amanda Cardoso, Lauren Hall-Lew, Yova Kementchedjhieva and Ruaridh Purse -- Do I sound like a valley girl to you? Perceptual dialectology and language attitudes in California / Dan Villarreal -- The vowels of Washington state / Alicia Wassink -- Variation in West Coast English: the case of Oregon / Kara Becker, Anna Aden, Katelyn Best, and Haley Jacobson -- Investigating the development of the contemporary Oregonian English vowel system / Jason Mclarty, Tyler Kendal l, and Charlie Farrington -- The Coastal West and beyond: looking forward.
The low vowels in California's central valley / Annette D'onofrio, Penelope Eckert, Robert J. Podesva, Teresa Pratt, and Janneke Van Hofwegen -- Between California and the Pacific Northwest : the front lax vowels in San Francisco English / Amanda Cardoso, Lauren Hall-Lew, Yova Kementchedjhieva and Ruaridh Purse -- Do I sound like a valley girl to you? Perceptual dialectology and language attitudes in California / Dan Villarreal -- The vowels of Washington state / Alicia Wassink -- Variation in West Coast English: the case of Oregon / Kara Becker, Anna Aden, Katelyn Best, and Haley Jacobson -- Investigating the development of the contemporary Oregonian English vowel system / Jason Mclarty, Tyler Kendal l, and Charlie Farrington -- The Coastal West and beyond: looking forward.

9780822370079 (pbk.) 9781478001041 (pbk.)


English language--Dialects -- Pacific Coast (U.S.).
English language--Spoken English-- Pacific Coast (U.S.)
English language--Pronunciation.-- Pacific Coast (U.S.)


Pacific Coast (U.S.)--Languages.

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