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

"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

"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.

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

the running shoe debate

April 08, 2016 by Lamont Antieau in corpus dialectology

Terms for "running shoes" in several corpora, particularly Twitter

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

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"

"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

"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.

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.