variety of American English
C1503
concept
A variety of American English is a distinct, systematically patterned form of English used in the United States, characterized by particular phonological, lexical, grammatical, and pragmatic features associated with specific regions, social groups, or contexts.
Observed surface forms (5)
- regional variety of American English ×4
- regional dialect of American English ×3
- Midwestern English dialect ×1
- regional dialect of English ×1
- variety of Western American English ×1
Instances (10)
- Appalachian English
- Midwestern American English via concept surface "regional dialect of American English"
- Southern American English via concept surface "regional dialect of American English"
- California English via concept surface "regional variety of American English"
- Nevada English via concept surface "regional variety of American English"
- New England English via concept surface "regional variety of American English"
- Chicago English via concept surface "regional dialect of American English"
- Northern Cities Vowel Shift region English via concept surface "regional dialect of English"
- Wisconsin English via concept surface "regional variety of American English"
- Chicano English