New Jersey English
E120019
New Jersey English is a regional variety of American English characterized by distinct phonological and lexical features that vary notably between its northern and southern areas.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New Jersey English canonical | 1 |
| North Jersey English | 1 |
| South Jersey English | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
regional dialect of American English
ⓘ
variety of English ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mid-Atlantic English
ⓘ
New Jersey identity ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
distinct lexical features
ⓘ
distinct phonological features ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| exhibits | regional variation between northern and southern areas of New Jersey ⓘ |
| hasBoundaryInfluenceFrom |
New York metropolitan area
ⓘ
Philadelphia metropolitan area ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
distinct local vocabulary items
ⓘ
distinct stress patterns in some lexical items ⓘ influence from New York City English in North Jersey ⓘ influence from Philadelphia English in South Jersey ⓘ regionally marked pronunciation of /r/ in some speakers ⓘ regionally marked pronunciation of certain diphthongs ⓘ variable participation in the Northern Cities Vowel Shift in some northern areas ⓘ vowel system influenced by neighboring New York City and Philadelphia dialects ⓘ |
| hasLexicalItem |
regional terms for convenience store or deli
ⓘ
regional terms for highways and parkways ⓘ regional terms for sandwich types ⓘ |
| hasPart |
New Jersey English
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
North Jersey English
New Jersey English self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
South Jersey English
|
| hasPerception | often stereotyped in U.S. popular culture ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalProcess |
vowel fronting in some South Jersey speakers
ⓘ
vowel tensing in some environments in North Jersey ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticFeature |
variation by age
ⓘ
variation by ethnicity ⓘ variation by gender ⓘ variation by social class ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Germanic languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European language family
ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
|
| overlapsWith |
New York City English
ⓘ
Philadelphia English ⓘ |
| parentLanguage | English ⓘ |
| parentVariety | American English ⓘ |
| regionallyContrastedWith |
Inland North American English
ⓘ
New England English ⓘ Southern American English ⓘ |
| spokenBy |
long-term immigrants to New Jersey who acquire local features
ⓘ
residents of New Jersey ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
New Jersey, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
New Jersey
|
| studiedIn |
dialectology
ⓘ
sociolinguistics ⓘ |
| subbranch |
Anglic languages
ⓘ
West Germanic languages ⓘ |
| usedIn |
informal speech in New Jersey
ⓘ
local media in New Jersey ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
North Jersey English
this entity surface form:
South Jersey English