English dialect continuum

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dialect continuum linguistic concept sociolinguistic phenomenon

The English dialect continuum is the range of regional and social varieties of English that change gradually across geographic areas rather than having sharp boundaries between distinct dialects.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
North American English dialect continuum	1
Northern English dialect continuum	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dialect continuum ⓘ linguistic concept ⓘ sociolinguistic phenomenon ⓘ
appliesTo	African Englishes NERFINISHED ⓘ Australasian English NERFINISHED ⓘ British English NERFINISHED ⓘ Caribbean English NERFINISHED ⓘ Irish English NERFINISHED ⓘ North American English NERFINISHED ⓘ South Asian Englishes ⓘ Southeast Asian Englishes NERFINISHED ⓘ
contrastedWith	clearly separated languages ⓘ discrete dialect boundaries ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	absence of sharp dialect boundaries ⓘ gradual geographic variation ⓘ grammatical variation ⓘ lexical variation ⓘ mutual intelligibility between neighboring varieties ⓘ phonological variation ⓘ regional variation ⓘ social variation ⓘ
hasConsequence	dialect leveling ⓘ difficulty of drawing clear dialect maps ⓘ emergence of regional standards ⓘ
hasExample	Appalachian–Southern–Midland continuum in the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Caribbean English Creole continuum ⓘ Hiberno-English regional continuum in Ireland ⓘ Northern–Midlands–Southern English continuum in England NERFINISHED ⓘ Scots–Northern English continuum NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	education systems ⓘ language policy ⓘ mass media ⓘ migration patterns ⓘ settlement history ⓘ social class stratification ⓘ urbanization ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
relatedTo	dialect chain ⓘ isogloss ⓘ language variation and change ⓘ mutual intelligibility ⓘ standard language ⓘ
studiedIn	dialectology ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ sociolinguistics ⓘ
tendsToBe	disrupted by large geographic barriers ⓘ leveled by standardization ⓘ more continuous in pre-modern periods ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Black Country dialect → partOf → English dialect continuum ⓘ

Inland North American English → partOf → English dialect continuum ⓘ

this entity surface form: North American English dialect continuum

Mackem → partOf → English dialect continuum ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern English dialect continuum