While there are many dialect surveys and studies available to the public, many may be difficult or too complex to analyze the findings. Harvard created and conducted a dialect survey in …
There has been much debate on the pronunciation of Missouri all throughout recent history, perhaps long before that. The spellings in early documents and comments made in print since the …
When you look at a United States map, typically you see Missouri as a strictly Midwestern state bordering the states of the south. Furthermore, when thinking specifically of St. Louis, …
It is no secret that most of us formulate certain impressions of people based on how they speak. More often than not, we make our judgements about people based on …
So you may wonder: Why? Why study dialects, why learn about them? What is so important about dialect? There are actually quite a few reasons. Speakers of a language can make …