Samples from the DARE Audio Collection:
- African American woman from
Jasper,
Ala.
recorded in 1966
- White male from
Prescott,
Ariz. recorded in 1967
- White male from
San
Bernardino, Calif. recorded
in 1967
- White male from
Lebanon,
Conn. recorded in 1969
- White woman from
Tifton,
Ga. recorded in 1968
- White woman from
Chicago,
Ill. recorded in 1966
- White woman from
Vevay,
Ind. recorded in 1968
- White male from
New
Orleans, La. recorded in 1968
- White male from
Presque
Isle,
Mass. recorded in 1966
- White male from
Smith
Island, Md.recorded in 1968
- African American woman from
Boston,
Mass.
recorded in 1967
- White male from
Roswell,
N.M. recorded in 1966
- White woman from
Brooklyn,
N.Y. recorded in 1968
- White woman from
Guymon,
Okla. recorded in 1966
- White male from
Brownsville,
Texas recorded in
1967
- White woman from
Shamilah,
Wash. recorded in 1966
- White woman from
Superior,
Wis. recorded in 1968
Suggested Reading/Additional Resources
- The
Atlas of North American English 1st national
effort to systematically describe U.S. phonology
- The
American Dialect Society Dedicated to the study of regional
American speech
- Language Use in Your Town: The Modern
Language Association's new Language Map displays the
locations and approximate numbers of speakers of the 30 languages most
commonly spoken in the United States.
- Center
for Applied Linguistics CAL is a private, non-profit organization
that
uses the findings of linguistics and related sciences in identifying
and addressing language-related problems.
- Linguistic
Society of America (LSA)The Linguistic Society of America (LSA) was
founded in 1924 to advance the scientific study of language.
Linguistics has developed dramatically in the intervening years,
greatly expanding the understanding of human language.
The Dictionary of American Regional English is
published by
Harvard University Press.