Chicago English
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Chicago English is a regional variety of American English spoken in and around Chicago, characterized by distinctive vowel pronunciations and lexical features typical of the urban Great Lakes area.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
regional dialect of American English
ⓘ
variety of English ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Inland North American English
ⓘ
surface form:
Inland North dialect region
|
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| distinctFrom |
American English
ⓘ
surface form:
General American English
New York City English ⓘ Southern American English ⓘ |
| grammaticalFeature |
occasional use of needs washed construction in some speakers
ⓘ
occasional use of positive anymore in some speakers ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
distinctive lexical items
ⓘ
distinctive vowel pronunciations ⓘ urban Great Lakes vowel system ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
African American English in Chicago
ⓘ
Inland North American English ⓘ immigrant languages in Chicago ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Germanic languages
ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
West Germanic languages ⓘ |
| lexicalFeature |
use of "the city" to refer specifically to Chicago
ⓘ
use of "the lake" to refer to Lake Michigan ⓘ use of the term "dibs" for claiming a parking space ⓘ use of the term "front room" or "frunchroom" for living room in some speakers ⓘ use of the term "gym shoes" for athletic shoes ⓘ use of the term "jagoff" as an insult in some speakers ⓘ use of the term "pop" for carbonated soft drinks ⓘ |
| partOf | American English ⓘ |
| phonologicalFeature |
/θ/ and /ð/ generally maintained as dental fricatives
ⓘ
monophthongal or less diphthongal /eɪ/ in some speakers ⓘ monophthongal or less diphthongal /oʊ/ in some speakers ⓘ possible participation in the Northern Cities Vowel Shift in older speakers ⓘ raised and fronted /æ/ in some environments ⓘ retention of rhoticity ⓘ |
| region |
Great Lakes region
ⓘ
Midwestern United States ⓘ |
| sociolinguisticFeature |
ongoing change in younger speakers
ⓘ
variation by ethnicity ⓘ variation by neighborhood ⓘ variation by social class ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
City of Chicago
ⓘ
surface form:
Chicago
Chicago metropolitan area ⓘ Northeastern Illinois ⓘ
surface form:
northeastern Illinois
urban Great Lakes region ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
dialectology
ⓘ
sociolinguistics ⓘ |
| timePeriod | contemporary English variety ⓘ |
| typicalSpeakers |
residents of Chicago
ⓘ
residents of Chicago suburbs ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.