This article describes a subset of data from a larger project investigating perceptions that
Washington State residents have about English spoken in their state to explore dialect …

This research explores perceptions of linguistic variation in English in Washington state
(WA). Respondents marked on a map of WA the places where they believe people's English …

Where two dialect areas collide, one finds border regions, which serve as dynamic sites for
identity construction. Louisville, Kentucky, in its position on the south side of the Ohio River …

When analyzing dialectology survey data, researchers usually exclude respondents who do
not complete the survey as directed. It is argued here that such “unusable” responses can be …

This article considers how conscious use of dialect in writing is an intentional act and can be
accounted for through the notion of enregisterment. It does this by exploring the value of …

Campbell-Kibler (2012) argued that the “northern” or Cleveland accent has been developing
as a register (Agha 2003, 2007) in Ohio, primarily positioned as an unstigmatized and …

This article examines both the front and back shifts of the Southern Vowel Shift (SVS) in a
rural Kentuckiana (south-central Indiana) community through 50 years of real time, from the …