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"Sunrise" in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies

March 21, 2017 by Lamont Antieau in lexical variation, corpus dialectology, corpus analysis, dialectology, Western American English

A post discussing variants of "sunrise" in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies. Includes word search for both "sunrise" and "sunset" posts.

"Sunset" in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies

March 17, 2017 by Lamont Antieau in corpus dialectology, dialectology, lexical variation, Western American English

A post investigating lexical variation in terms for "sunset" in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies

"Roadways through the mountains" in the Middle Rockies

February 28, 2017 by Lamont Antieau in corpus dialectology, dialectology, lexical variation, Western American English

Variants of "roadways through the mountains" in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies. Includes link to word search puzzle.

"Teeter-totter" and "seesaw" in the Middle Rockies

December 28, 2016 by Lamont Antieau in dialectology, lexical variation, Western American English

Variants of teeter-totter in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies

"Kindling" in the Middle Rockies

December 21, 2016 by Lamont Antieau in corpus dialectology, corpus analysis, dialectology, lexical variation, language variation, Western American English

A post on variants of kindling in the English of the Middle Rockies

"Andirons" in the Middle Rockies

December 12, 2016 by Lamont Antieau in lexical variation, dialectology, language variation, corpus dialectology, Western American English

A post on andiron variants in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies

Words for house haunters in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies

October 27, 2016 by Lamont Antieau in corpus dialectology, language variation, lexical variation, Western American English

This post takes a look at variants of ghost in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies

"Endangered" words in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies

October 12, 2016 by Lamont Antieau in corpus dialectology, dialectology, lexical variation, Western American English

A discussion of the use of two "endangered" words, viz. tow sack(s) and whistle pig(s), in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies

"Loco" in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies

October 11, 2016 by Lamont Antieau in Western American English, corpus analysis

A post on the uses of the morpheme loco in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies, particularly those uses in relation to locoweed and its effect on livestock.

Variants of "dragonfly" in the Rocky Mountains

September 25, 2016 by Lamont Antieau in lexical variation, corpus dialectology, Western American English

Variants of the term dragonfly in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies.

Variants of "flat-topped hill" in the Middle Rockies

May 04, 2016 by Lamont Antieau in corpus dialectology, lexical variation, weekly recap, Western American English, dialectology

Lexical variants meaning 'flat-topped hill' used by informants in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies

Variant terms for male horses in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies

April 26, 2016 by Lamont Antieau in corpus dialectology, dialectology, language variation, lexical variation, Western American English

A post on variants used for male horses in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies

Of mongrels, mutts, and Heinz 57

February 16, 2016 by Lamont Antieau in corpus dialectology, Western American English, lexical variation

Variation in terms in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies for "dog of mixed breed"

"Rocky Mountain oysters" and other names for this "delicacy" in the Middle Rockies

February 11, 2016 by Lamont Antieau in corpus dialectology, Western American English

A post on the names used for the "delicacy" commonly referred to as Rocky Mountain oysters in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies

"Little cabin on the hill" and other terms for "outhouse" in the Middle Rockies

February 09, 2016 by Lamont Antieau in corpus dialectology, Western American English

Variation in the terms for outhouse in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies

Telling time in the Middle Rockies

January 30, 2016 by Lamont Antieau in corpus dialectology, dialectology, language variation, Western American English

A post on variation in the use of quarter forms to tell time in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies