WV Dialect Project @wvdialect
The WVDP gathers information about language diversity from native Appalachians and conducts linguistic analysis of language variation. https://t.co/AjJ8lyVakk wvdialectproject.tumblr.com Morgantown, WV Joined December 2014-
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Not just happening in the north - ling. prejudice is rife in London too. I heard a BT told off for saying 'innit' theguardian.com/education/2016…
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And just in case you wanted to know what was that painting in the background: wvumag.wvu.edu/departments/th…
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Language: a feminist guide is one year old today. And to mark the occasion here's a REALLY LONG READ about pronouns.debuk.wordpress.com/2016/05/16/the…
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@xek @rctatman @qpheevr @wvdialect SE/SC and NE/MW do reflect the importance of the Appalachians. When mapped the factors show it better
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@qpheevr @JWGrieve I'd agree! Check out the @wvdialect Twitter account.
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There might be a correlation between people who prefer 🐶🐶🐶 and people who pronounce an ellipsis "dot dot dot".
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Modern American Dialect Regions identified in my book showing loss of Midland/North divide (purposely schematic)
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Grammar Wars (featuring Chaucer, # Shakespeare & Austen!): theguardian.com/books/booksblo…
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S/O to @savanahlame Fulbright awesomeness wvutoday.wvu.edu/n/2016/05/06/b… @WestVirginiaU @AspireWVU @wvdialect @HonorsCollege
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"but what do academics even do all day?"
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@Candace07 Thank you and the UR team for such great work! @wvdialect @WestVirginiaU @WVUEberly @WVUStudents
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Look what I got today, @DrDialect!
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Emojis: How our language acquired "a big expansion pack of ideograms" via @WIRED wired.com/2016/04/the-sc…
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Merriam-Webster adds “genderqueer”, “cisgender”, and “Mx” to its dictionary, pushes back against critics... tmblr.co/ZuWOEv25rdrIk
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