New England English
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New England English is a regional variety of American English spoken in the northeastern United States, characterized by distinctive vowel patterns, rhoticity differences, and unique local vocabulary.
Observed surface forms (3)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Eastern New England English | 1 |
| Rhode Island English | 1 |
| Western New England English | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American English dialect
ⓘ
dialect of English ⓘ regional variety of American English ⓘ |
| developedInCentury | 17th century ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
distinctive vowel patterns
ⓘ
rhoticity differences ⓘ unique local vocabulary ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Mary–merry–marry distinction often preserved
ⓘ
cot–caught distinction often preserved ⓘ distinctive short-a patterns in some subvarieties ⓘ regional lexical items such as "bubbler" for drinking fountain ⓘ regional lexical items such as "frappe" for milkshake with ice cream ⓘ regional lexical items such as "grinder" for submarine sandwich ⓘ regional lexical items such as "wicked" as an intensifier ⓘ variable intrusive r ⓘ variable linking r ⓘ |
| hasPart |
New England English
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Eastern New England English
New England English self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Western New England English
|
| hasRhoticity |
mixed
ⓘ
non-rhotic varieties ⓘ rhotic varieties ⓘ |
| hasSociolinguisticVariation |
age-based variation
ⓘ
class-based variation ⓘ urban vs rural differences ⓘ |
| hasSubvariety |
Boston English
ⓘ
Maine English ⓘ New England English self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Rhode Island English
|
| historicallyInfluencedBy |
British English
ⓘ
early colonial English ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Germanic languages
ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ West Germanic languages ⓘ |
| partOf |
English
ⓘ
surface form:
English language
North American English ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Connecticut
ⓘ
Maine ⓘ Massachusetts ⓘ New England ⓘ New Hampshire ⓘ Rhode Island ⓘ Vermont ⓘ Northeastern United States ⓘ
surface form:
northeastern United States
|
| studiedInField |
dialectology
ⓘ
sociolinguistics ⓘ |
| usedBy | residents of New England ⓘ |
| usedIn |
everyday conversation
ⓘ
local media ⓘ regional literature ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Eastern New England English
this entity surface form:
Western New England English
this entity surface form:
Rhode Island English