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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.

Variants of "devil" in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies

February 12, 2017 by Lamont Antieau in dialectology, lexical variation

Variants of "devil" elicited from informants from Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming for the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies.

Variants of "God" in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies

February 08, 2017 by Lamont Antieau in corpus analysis, corpus dialectology, dialectology, language variation, lexical variation

A post presenting variants of "God" in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockes

"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

"Potluck" in the Middle Rockies

December 19, 2016 by Lamont Antieau in dialectology

The distribution of variants of potluck in the Linguistic Atlas 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

"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

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

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

"Bum, poddy, or penco" redux

January 02, 2016 by Lamont Antieau in dialectology, corpus analysis

This post reexamines lexical variants used for "orphan lambs" in the Rocky Mountain region.

Revisiting the age-old question (this time, in the Middle Rockies): Soda or pop? →

December 21, 2015 by Lamont Antieau in dialectology, corpus analysis

In this post, I look at variation in the use of generic terms for soft drinks in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies.

Personal datives in the Middle Rockies

December 16, 2015 by Lamont Antieau in dialectology, corpus analysis

In this post, I examine the use of personal datives, as in "I got me a new girlfriend," in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies.

"Put up" or "can it"?

December 01, 2015 by Lamont Antieau in dialectology, corpus analysis

An analysis of variation in terms for canning in the Middle Rockies

"Moonshine" in the Rocky Mountains

November 25, 2015 by Lamont Antieau in dialectology, corpus analysis

This post focuses on the different terms used to talk about unlicensed liquor in the Middle Rockies.

Blame it on the rain*: "Gutters" in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies

November 19, 2015 by Lamont Antieau in dialectology, corpus analysis

An analysis of variation in terms for gutters in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies

Quiver me timbers: Variants of "aspen" in the Middle Rockies

November 16, 2015 by Lamont Antieau in dialectology, corpus analysis

An analysis of variation in terms denoting aspen in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies