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

 

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"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.

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January 02, 2016 /Lamont Antieau
dialectology, lexical variation, orphan lambs, bum poddy or penco, linguistic atlas of colorado, linguistic atlas of the middle rockies
dialectology, corpus analysis
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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.

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December 21, 2015 /Lamont Antieau
lexical variation, pop vs soda, dialectology, regional variation, linguistic atlas of the middle rockies, american english, rocky mountain english
dialectology, corpus analysis
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"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

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December 01, 2015 /Lamont Antieau
lexical variation, regional variation, preserving food, canning in lamr
dialectology, corpus analysis
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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

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November 19, 2015 /Lamont Antieau
lexical variation, gutters, linguistic atlas projects, linguistic atlas of the western states, word search
dialectology, corpus analysis
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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

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November 16, 2015 /Lamont Antieau
lexical variation, aspen, quaking aspen, quaking asp, quakies, aspens, quaker, dialectology, american english, western american english, rocky mountain english, word search
dialectology, corpus analysis

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.

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November 07, 2015 /Lamont Antieau
language variation, lexical variation, corpus dialectology, linguistic atlas of the united states and canada, linguistic atlas of the middle rockies, linguistic atlas of the western states, enron corpus, frown corpus, twitter, brown corpus
corpus dialectology, dialectology, language variation
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