American English

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dialect continuum language variety variety of 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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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
American English canonical	54
General American English	6
Standard American English	4
United States English	3
General American	2
American English: Dialects and Variation	1
American Standard English	1
North American English	1
Southern American English	1
U.S. English	1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dialect continuum ⓘ language variety ⓘ variety of English ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	T–V distinction largely absent in pronouns ⓘ distinctive grammar compared to British English ⓘ distinctive pronunciation compared to British English ⓘ distinctive vocabulary compared to British English ⓘ flapping of /t/ and /d/ between vowels ⓘ lack of grammatical gender in nouns ⓘ preference for simple past over present perfect in some contexts ⓘ rhotic pronunciation in most regions ⓘ rising intonation in some yes–no questions ⓘ stress-timed rhythm ⓘ subject–verb–object basic word order ⓘ use of American spelling conventions ⓘ use of alveolar flap in words like ladder and latter ⓘ use of auxiliary verb gonna in informal speech ⓘ use of auxiliary verb will for future ⓘ use of contractions like don't and can't ⓘ use of do-support in questions and negatives ⓘ use of gotten as past participle of get ⓘ use of informal double negatives in some dialects ⓘ use of periphrastic constructions for aspect ⓘ use of pitch accents for focus ⓘ use of serial commas in many style guides ⓘ use of simplified spellings like color and center ⓘ yod-dropping in words like tune and news in many accents ⓘ
hasGrammarDifferenceFrom	British English ⓘ
hasISOCode	en-US ⓘ
hasLanguageFamily	Germanic languages ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages West Germanic languages ⓘ
hasNotableLexicalItem	apartment ⓘ elevator ⓘ fall (season) ⓘ gasoline ⓘ sidewalk ⓘ truck ⓘ
hasPronunciationDifferenceFrom	British English ⓘ
hasSpellingDifferenceFrom	British English ⓘ
hasStandardForm	American English self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Standard American English
hasVariant	African American Vernacular English ⓘ Appalachian English ⓘ Chicano English ⓘ American English self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: General American English Midwestern American English ⓘ surface form: Inland North American English Midwestern American English ⓘ New England ⓘ surface form: New England English New York City English ⓘ American English self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Southern American English Western American English ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ
influencedBy	African languages ⓘ British English ⓘ Immigrant languages in the United States ⓘ Indigenous languages of North America ⓘ
regulatedBy	style guides such as AP Stylebook ⓘ style guides such as The Chicago Manual of Style ⓘ
spokenIn	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
subdivisionOf	English language ⓘ
usedAs	de facto national language of the United States ⓘ
usedIn	American popular music ⓘ American television ⓘ Hollywood ⓘ surface form: Hollywood films United States education system ⓘ United States government ⓘ United States media ⓘ
usedOn	United States internet domains ⓘ

Referenced by (74)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

English → hasMajorVariety → American English ⓘ

English → hasMajorDialectGroup → American English ⓘ

this entity surface form: North American English

Andrew → usedInLanguage → American English ⓘ

Puerto Rican Spanish → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → American English ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. English

American English → hasVariant → American English self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: General American English

American English → hasVariant → American English self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southern American English

American English → hasStandardForm → American English self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard American English

Irish English → influencedBy → American English ⓘ

Dutch settlers → influencedLanguageOf → American English ⓘ

African American Vernacular English → subfamilyOf → American English ⓘ

British English → differsFrom → American English ⓘ

Bangalore English → differsFrom → American English ⓘ

Canadian English → influencedBy → American English ⓘ

Gavin → languageOfUse → American English ⓘ

Western American English → partOf → American English ⓘ

Received Pronunciation → contrastedWith → American English ⓘ

this entity surface form: General American

Midwestern American English → associatedWith → American English ⓘ

this entity surface form: General American English

Midwestern American English → partOf → American English ⓘ

Chennai English → differsFrom → American English ⓘ

this entity surface form: General American English

American → primaryLanguageVariant → American English ⓘ

North American English → includesDialect → American English ⓘ

this entity surface form: General American English

Flivver → usedIn → American English ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States English

Virgin Islands Creole English → hasInfluenceFrom → American English ⓘ

The Gray Lady → usedIn → American English ⓘ

Ryan → usedInLanguage → American English ⓘ

Anthony → usedInLanguage → American English ⓘ

Lorne → usage → American English ⓘ

Pennsylvania German → languageContact → American English ⓘ

Standard English → hasVariant → American English ⓘ

this entity surface form: American Standard English

Cambridge Dictionary → alsoCoversDialect → American English ⓘ

Hoovervilles → hasLanguageOrigin → American English ⓘ

AAVE → isMutuallyIntelligibleWith → American English ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard American English

AAVE → differsFrom → American English ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard American English

California English → partOf → American English ⓘ

Nevada English → partOf → American English ⓘ

RP → comparedWith → American English ⓘ

this entity surface form: General American

Nutmegger → partOfLexicon → American English ⓘ

Langdon → hasUsage → American English ⓘ

Chicago English → partOf → American English ⓘ

Chicago English → distinctFrom → American English ⓘ

this entity surface form: General American English

Northern Cities Vowel Shift region English → contrastsWith → American English ⓘ

this entity surface form: General American English

Walt Wolfram → fieldOfWork → American English ⓘ

Walt Wolfram → notableWork → American English ⓘ

this entity surface form: American English: Dialects and Variation

Wisconsin English → partOf → American English ⓘ

Claire → usedInLanguage → American English ⓘ

English in the Northern Mariana Islands → standardBasedOn → American English ⓘ

Chavacano → hasInfluenceFrom → American English ⓘ

Jacksonvillian → usedIn → American English ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States English

New Jersey English → parentVariety → American English ⓘ