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"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.

August 01, 2016 /Lamont Antieau

weather expressions, rocky mountain english, billy hell, billy blue blazes, hotter than hell, hotter than hades, zipf's law, language variation, western american english, linguistic atlas of the rocky mountains, linguistic atlas of the western states

corpus dialectology

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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

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

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.

November 16, 2015 /Lamont Antieau

dialectology, corpus linguistics, linguistic atlas of the western states, western american english, rocky mountains, lee pederson, linguistic atlas of the middle rockies, rocky mountain english, american west, LAMR intro post

linguistic essay, language variation, corpus dialectology, corpus linguistics, dialectology

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