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TY - JOUR
T1 - Towards an updated dialect atlas of British English
AU - MacKenzie, Laurel
AU - Bailey, George
AU - Turton, Danielle
N1 - http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=UHY The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Change citation format MacKenzie, L., Bailey, G., & Turton, D. (2022). Towards an updated dialect atlas of British English. Journal of Linguistic Geography, 10(1), 46-66., © 2022 Cambridge University Press.
PY - 2022/4/30
Y1 - 2022/4/30
N2 - This paper presents the results of a survey of phonological, lexical, and morphosyntactic variation in British English, based on over14,000 responses. We map twelve variables using geospatial “hotspot” analysis. One of our aims is to document the patterning of underand unstudied variables. A second aim is to track changes in real time, which we do by comparing our findings to those of the 1950s-eraSurvey of English Dialects (SED; Orton, 1962). We improve upon previous dialectological work by paying careful attention to the phonemicstatus of mergers and splits: In our contemporary data, we do this by asking subjects if they have a phonemic contrast; in the SED data, we dothis by superimposing the isoglosses for individual phones. We find evidence for both stability and change; we document previously unverifiedpatterns. Perhaps most importantly, we identify a number of directions for future research.
AB - This paper presents the results of a survey of phonological, lexical, and morphosyntactic variation in British English, based on over14,000 responses. We map twelve variables using geospatial “hotspot” analysis. One of our aims is to document the patterning of underand unstudied variables. A second aim is to track changes in real time, which we do by comparing our findings to those of the 1950s-eraSurvey of English Dialects (SED; Orton, 1962). We improve upon previous dialectological work by paying careful attention to the phonemicstatus of mergers and splits: In our contemporary data, we do this by asking subjects if they have a phonemic contrast; in the SED data, we dothis by superimposing the isoglosses for individual phones. We find evidence for both stability and change; we document previously unverifiedpatterns. Perhaps most importantly, we identify a number of directions for future research.
KW - British English
KW - dialect survey
KW - geographical diffusion
KW - sound change
KW - lexical variation
KW - morphosyntactic variation
KW - borders
KW - dialect leveling
U2 - 10.1017/jlg.2022.2
DO - 10.1017/jlg.2022.2
M3 - Journal article
VL - 10
SP - 46
EP - 66
JO - Journal of Linguistic Geography
JF - Journal of Linguistic Geography
SN - 2049-7547
IS - 1
ER -