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"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

"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.

"Hotter than &%$#!"

August 01, 2016 by Lamont Antieau in corpus dialectology

A post looking at variation expressions for "the weather is hotter than" in the Linguistic Atlas of 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

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.