Midwestern American English
E11703
Midwestern American English is a major regional dialect of American English often associated with a relatively neutral or "standard" U.S. accent used in national media and broadcasting.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Inland North American English | 3 |
| General American English | 2 |
| Midwestern American English canonical | 2 |
| General American accent | 1 |
| Midland American English | 1 |
| Midwestern English | 1 |
| Minnesotan English | 1 |
| St. Louis English | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T101302 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Midwestern American English Context triple: [American English, hasVariant, Midwestern American English]
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A.
Western American English
Western American English is the group of English dialects spoken in the western United States, characterized by features such as the cot–caught merger and relatively uniform pronunciation across a large geographic area.
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B.
Appalachian English
Appalachian English is a distinctive regional dialect of American English spoken in the Appalachian Mountains, known for its unique pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammatical features.
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C.
American English
American English is the set of English language varieties spoken in the United States, characterized by distinctive pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar compared to other forms of English.
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D.
Midwestern United States
The Midwestern United States is a region of the country known for its agricultural heartland, major industrial cities, and central role in American culture and history.
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E.
African American Vernacular English
African American Vernacular English is a systematic and rule-governed variety of English historically associated with African American communities, characterized by distinct phonological, grammatical, and lexical features.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Midwestern American English Target entity description: Midwestern American English is a major regional dialect of American English often associated with a relatively neutral or "standard" U.S. accent used in national media and broadcasting.
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A.
Western American English
Western American English is the group of English dialects spoken in the western United States, characterized by features such as the cot–caught merger and relatively uniform pronunciation across a large geographic area.
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B.
Appalachian English
Appalachian English is a distinctive regional dialect of American English spoken in the Appalachian Mountains, known for its unique pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammatical features.
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C.
American English
American English is the set of English language varieties spoken in the United States, characterized by distinctive pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar compared to other forms of English.
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D.
Midwestern United States
The Midwestern United States is a region of the country known for its agricultural heartland, major industrial cities, and central role in American culture and history.
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E.
African American Vernacular English
African American Vernacular English is a systematic and rule-governed variety of English historically associated with African American communities, characterized by distinct phonological, grammatical, and lexical features.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
regional dialect of American English
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variety of English ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
American English
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surface form:
General American English
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| characterizedBy |
/oʊ/ monophthongization tendencies in some Midland areas
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/u/ fronting in many speakers ⓘ Northern Cities Vowel Shift in some northern urban areas ⓘ T-flapping between vowels (e.g., ladder vs. latter merger in pronunciation) ⓘ alveolar realization of /ŋ/ in -ing for some informal speech ⓘ distinctive short-a system in Inland North subvariety ⓘ lack of non-rhoticity typical of some East Coast dialects ⓘ relatively flat intonation compared to some other U.S. dialects ⓘ relatively merged cot–caught vowels in many areas ⓘ rhotic pronunciation ⓘ yod-dropping in words like news and student for many speakers ⓘ |
| hasPerception |
often considered close to Standard American English
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often used as model accent for U.S. broadcasters ⓘ |
| hasSubvariety |
Chicago English
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Midwestern American English self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Inland North American English
Midwestern American English self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Midland American English
Midwestern American English self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Minnesotan English
North American English ⓘ
surface form:
North Central American English
Northern Cities Vowel Shift region English ⓘ Midwestern American English self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
St. Louis English
Wisconsin English ⓘ
surface form:
Upper Midwestern English
Wisconsin English ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Anglic languages
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Germanic languages ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
West Germanic languages ⓘ |
| lexicalFeature |
use of garage sale or yard sale for household sales
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use of kitty-corner or catty-corner for diagonally across ⓘ use of pop for carbonated soft drink in many northern areas ⓘ use of soda in some Midwestern subregions ⓘ use of you guys as second-person plural pronoun ⓘ use of yous or youse in some urban Midwestern communities ⓘ |
| notableInCity |
Chicago, Illinois, United States
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surface form:
Chicago
Cleveland ⓘ Detroit ⓘ Indianapolis ⓘ Kansas City, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form:
Kansas City
Milwaukee ⓘ Minneapolis–Saint Paul ⓘ St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form:
St. Louis
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| partOf | American English ⓘ |
| perceivedAs | relatively neutral American accent ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Midwestern United States
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| studiedInField |
dialectology
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sociolinguistics ⓘ |
| usedIn |
broadcasting in the United States
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national media in the United States ⓘ |
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Subject: Midwestern American English Description of subject: Midwestern American English is a major regional dialect of American English often associated with a relatively neutral or "standard" U.S. accent used in national media and broadcasting.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.