The Great Vowel Movement

[Dave Monroe]

American Accent Undergoing Great Vowel Shift

by Robert Siegel 

All Things Considered, February 16, 2006 · Professor
William Labov, a University of Pennsylvania linguist
and author of the new book Atlas of North American
English Phonetics, Phonology and Sound Change, says
there is a shift of vowel sounds in the inland
northern cities. He calls it the "northern city
shift."

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5220090

Welcome to the home page of the
TELSUR PROJECT
at the Linguistics Laboratory,
University of Pennsylvania

The Telsur Project is a survey of linguistic changes
in progress in North American English, supported by
the National Science Foundation and the National
Endowment for the Humanities. It is the creator of the
Atlas of North American English [ANAE], (formerly, the
Phonological Atlas of North America).

http://www.ling.upenn.edu/phono_atlas/home.html

Labov, William, Sharon Ash and Charles Boberg, eds.
   Atlas of North American English: Phonetics,
   Phonology and Sound Change. New York: Mouton de
   Gruyter, 2006.

http://www.mouton-online.com/anae.php

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