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New interactive online dialect survey
Dear linguists and other lovers of the English language:
My new online survey of world English varieties is now available online at
http://www.ling.cam.ac.uk/survey/.
This survey differs from my previous Harvard and UWM surveys in a few important ways:
1. It maps the responses using the google maps engine, which allowsfor
interactive manipulation of the maps: zooming in, moving across the globe,
and so on.
2. It has a more manageable number of questions (31).
3. The questions are designed to be relevant to speakers of Englishworldwide, not just in the United States.
Currently the maps plot 50,000 responses from the United States, but once I
have sufficient responses from the rest of the world I will generate new maps.
I hope you will consider taking the survey and asking your friends and students to as well.
Thanks,
Bert Vaux
University of Cambridge
My new online survey of world English varieties is now available online at
http://www.ling.cam.ac.uk/survey/.
This survey differs from my previous Harvard and UWM surveys in a few important ways:
1. It maps the responses using the google maps engine, which allowsfor
interactive manipulation of the maps: zooming in, moving across the globe,
and so on.
2. It has a more manageable number of questions (31).
3. The questions are designed to be relevant to speakers of Englishworldwide, not just in the United States.
Currently the maps plot 50,000 responses from the United States, but once I
have sufficient responses from the rest of the world I will generate new maps.
I hope you will consider taking the survey and asking your friends and students to as well.
Thanks,
Bert Vaux
University of Cambridge
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[/nq] Are the maps unavailable / secret? Or is a look at them strictly reserved to mother-tongue speakers?
- [/nq] Are the maps unavailable / secret?
- Or is a look at them strictly reserved to mother-tongue speakers?
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[nq:1]Currently the maps plot 50,000 responses from the United States, but once I have sufficient responses from the rest of the world I will generate new maps.[/nq]
Are the maps unavailable / secret? Or is a look at them strictly reserved to mother-tongue speakers?
[nq:1]Currently the maps plot 50,000 responses from the United States, but once I have sufficient responses from the rest of the world I will generate new maps.[/nq]
Are the maps unavailable / secret? Or is a look at them strictly reserved to mother-tongue speakers?
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[nq:1]3. The questions are designed to be relevant to speakers of English worldwide, not just in the United States.[/nq]
Designed badly, then, in my view. Most of the questions seem to relate to purely American linguistic oddities. I do hope the author will consider a similar geographical survey of quirks in British English - "What is your normal greeting on meeting an acquaintance? Hello, Na'
Designed badly, then, in my view. Most of the questions seem to relate to purely American linguistic oddities. I do hope the author will consider a similar geographical survey of quirks in British English - "What is your normal greeting on meeting an acquaintance? Hello, Na'
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[nq:2]3. The questions are designed to be relevant to speakers of English worldwide, not just in the United States.[/nq]
[nq:1]Designed badly, then, in my view. Most of the questions seem to relate to purely American linguistic oddities. I do ... Hello, Na'then, Eyup" or "Does your pronunciation of 'scone' (a variety of bun) rhyme with 'gone' or 'stone' or 'boon'?"[/nq]
Not entirely fair,
[nq:1]Designed badly, then, in my view. Most of the questions seem to relate to purely American linguistic oddities. I do ... Hello, Na'then, Eyup" or "Does your pronunciation of 'scone' (a variety of bun) rhyme with 'gone' or 'stone' or 'boon'?"[/nq]
Not entirely fair,
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[nq:2]Designed badly, then, in my view. Most of the questions ... variety of bun) rhyme with 'gone' or 'stone' or 'boon'?"[/nq]
[nq:1]Not entirely fair, I think - e.g. the "alley" question includes ginnel and snicket. But no distinction is made between ... same person may use "loo" or "toilet" or "gents" etc depending on whom he is addressing and on what occasion).[/nq]
The fallacy is in t
[nq:1]Not entirely fair, I think - e.g. the "alley" question includes ginnel and snicket. But no distinction is made between ... same person may use "loo" or "toilet" or "gents" etc depending on whom he is addressing and on what occasion).[/nq]
The fallacy is in t
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[nq:2]Designed badly, then, in my view. Most of the questions ... variety of bun) rhyme with 'gone' or 'stone' or 'boon'?"[/nq]
[nq:1]Not entirely fair, I think - e.g. the "alley" question includes ginnel and snicket. But no distinction is made between ... same person may use "loo" or "toilet" or "gents" etc depending on whom he is addressing and on what occasion).[/nq]
He's got two ways f
[nq:1]Not entirely fair, I think - e.g. the "alley" question includes ginnel and snicket. But no distinction is made between ... same person may use "loo" or "toilet" or "gents" etc depending on whom he is addressing and on what occasion).[/nq]
He's got two ways f
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[nq:1]Dear linguists and other lovers of the English language: My new online survey of world English varieties is now available ... will consider taking the survey and asking your friends and students to as well. Thanks, Bert Vaux University of Cambridge[/nq]
Are you at all concerned that, although you appear to be getting a rather broad regional response, you are nevertheless relying on the p
Are you at all concerned that, although you appear to be getting a rather broad regional response, you are nevertheless relying on the p
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[nq:1]Dear linguists and other lovers of the English language: My new online survey of world English varieties is now available online at http://www.ling.cam.ac.uk/survey/.[/nq]
In was prepared to participate in this test but was unable to do so beca
[nq:1]Dear linguists and other lovers of the English language: My new online survey of world English varieties is now available online at http://www.ling.cam.ac.uk/survey/.[/nq]
In was prepared to participate in this test but was unable to do so beca
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[nq:1]Dear linguists and other lovers of the English language: My new online survey of world English varieties is now available online at http://www.ling.cam.ac.uk/survey/.[/nq]
Does anyone call a traffic circle a jug handle? Even though both are common in New Jersey, they're ve
Does anyone call a traffic circle a jug handle? Even though both are common in New Jersey, they're ve
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[nq:2]Designed badly, then, in my view. Most of the questions ... variety of bun) rhyme with 'gone' or 'stone' or 'boon'?"[/nq]
[nq:1]Not entirely fair, I think - e.g. the "alley" question includes ginnel and snicket. But no distinction is made between ... same person may use "loo" or "toilet" or "gents" etc depending on whom he is addressing and on what occasion).[/nq]
Looks to me, and th
[nq:1]Not entirely fair, I think - e.g. the "alley" question includes ginnel and snicket. But no distinction is made between ... same person may use "loo" or "toilet" or "gents" etc depending on whom he is addressing and on what occasion).[/nq]
Looks to me, and th
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[nq:1]Dear linguists and other lovers of the English language: My new online survey of world English varieties is now available ... (31). 3. The questions are designed to be relevant to speakers of English worldwide, not just in the United States.[/nq]
How good of you to remember us.
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How good of you to remember us.
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