Nevada English
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Nevada English is a regional variety of American English spoken in Nevada, characterized by features typical of Western U.S. speech along with some local lexical and phonological traits.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect
ⓘ
regional variety of American English ⓘ variety of Western American English ⓘ |
| belongsTo |
Western American English
ⓘ
surface form:
Western U.S. English dialect region
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distinctFrom |
African American Vernacular English
ⓘ
New England English ⓘ New York City English ⓘ Southern American English ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Mary–merry–marry merger
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cot–caught merger ⓘ generally lacks strong Southern or New York City features ⓘ horse–hoarse merger ⓘ relatively fronted /u/ and /oʊ/ vowels as in other Western dialects ⓘ rhotic pronunciation ⓘ use of /æ/ raising before nasals similar to other Western U.S. dialects ⓘ use of general American r-sound in all positions ⓘ vowel system similar to other Western American English varieties ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticProperty |
shows age-based variation similar to other Western dialects
ⓘ
shows influence from in-migration to Las Vegas and Reno ⓘ shows urban–rural variation ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
migration from California
ⓘ
other Western U.S. dialects ⓘ |
| influences | English spoken in parts of eastern California near Nevada ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Germanic languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European language family
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surface form:
Indo-European languages
|
| lexicalFeature |
some local terms associated with gambling and casinos
ⓘ
some local terms associated with mining and ranching ⓘ use of Western U.S. vocabulary items ⓘ |
| overlapsWith |
Arizona English
ⓘ
California English ⓘ Idaho English ⓘ Utah English ⓘ |
| partOf |
American English
ⓘ
Western American English ⓘ |
| region | Nevada ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Carson City
ⓘ
Las Vegas, Nevada ⓘ
surface form:
Las Vegas
Reno ⓘ rural Nevada ⓘ |
| studiedIn | sociolinguistics of Western American English ⓘ |
| subbranch |
English
ⓘ
surface form:
English language
West Germanic languages ⓘ |
| timePeriod | contemporary ⓘ |
| usedBy |
long-term English-speaking communities in Nevada
ⓘ
residents of Nevada ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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