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Dictionary of American Regional English

American Varieties
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American Varieties

Additional Resources

More information on American dialects, varieties and "home" languages.

• Mapping Language Use
  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.
• IDEA - International Dialects of English Archive
  Primary source recordings for actors and other artists in the performing arts.
• Varieties of English (with sound samples)
  Overview of general linguistics with some practice exercises. Features information on African-American English, American Indian English, Chicano English, Northeastern U.S. English and Southern States English.
• The Telsur Project
  The Telsur Project is a survey of linguistic changes in North American English. Its members created the Atlas of North American English (ANAE), formerly the Phonological Atlas of North America.

Organizations

• Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL)
• Dictionary Society of North America (DSNA)
• Linguistic Society of America (LSA)
• Modern Language Association (MLA)
• American Dialect Society (ADS)

University Programs

• Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke University
• NC State Linguistics
• NCSU Language & Life Project
• NCSU Linguistics Lab
• UNC Chapel Hill Linguistics
• Georgetown Linguistics
• Michigan State University
• University of Michigan
• University of Pennsylvania
• Stanford Linguistics

Sponsored by:

National Endowment for the Humanities	William and Flora Hewlett Foundation	Ford Foundation	Rosalind P. Walter	Arthur Vining Davis Foundations	Carnegie Corporation of New York