wordwatching

At the crossroads of language and culture

Dedicated to the study of language variation and change in American English, with special regard to the West, pop lyrics, and social media.

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

"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

Eggcorn redux

November 19, 2016 by Lamont Antieau in corpus linguistics, language variation

A post consolidating and linking to my earlier posts on eggcorns in the lyrics of popular music and social media

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

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

Terms for poor livestock in the Middle Rockies

March 05, 2016 by Lamont Antieau in corpus dialectology, language variation, lexical variation

A post on terms used for poor livestock in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies

"Ain't" in pop music*

March 03, 2016 by Lamont Antieau in lyric analysis, variation in lyrics, language variation

A post on the use of ain't in songs from Billboard's year-end Top Ten charts (1951-2015)

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

The Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies →

November 16, 2015 by Lamont Antieau in linguistic essay, language variation, corpus dialectology, corpus linguistics, dialectology

An introduction to the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies for readers who are not familiar with the project.

First post

November 07, 2015 by Lamont Antieau in corpus dialectology, dialectology, language variation

My first post for this blog, which will look at linguistic variation and change in American dialects, popular music, and social media.