The Rhode Island Dialect: An Investigation of Language Change in New England

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  • Moira Crocker

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https://doi.org/10.6017/lf.v3i0.9548

Abstract

This is an investigation into the shifting dialect boundaries of New England, wherein I investigated the speech use and speech perceptions of native Rhode Islanders to see if, like the surrounding dialects, the Rhode Island dialect is diminishing over time.

References

“Rhode Island QuickFacts.” United States Census Bureau, April 2015, https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/table/PST045215/44/accessible.

Stanford, James N., Thomas A. Leddy-Cecere, and Kenneth P. Baclawski. "Farewell to the founders: major dialect changes along the East-West New England border." American Speech 87.2 (2012): 126-169.

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Published

2017-03-24

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Crocker, M. (2017). The Rhode Island Dialect: An Investigation of Language Change in New England. Lingua Frankly, 3. https://doi.org/10.6017/lf.v3i0.9548

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Vol. 3 (2016)

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