American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org/
The American Dialect Society is a scholarly association dedicated to the study of the English language in North America. |
English Dialectology - http://angli02.kgw.tu-berlin.de/html/dialects.html/index.html
The online components of a course on U.S. English dialectology. |
Heptune's Guide to Cheesy American English Usage - http://www.heptune.com/english.html
Collection of entertaining examples of contemporary American English colloquial usage. |
Lexicon of Bawlamarese - http://www.baltimorehon.com/
A collection of alternative pronunciations and local jargon from Baltimore, Maryland. |
North American Dialect Links - http://www.evolpub.com/Americandialects/AmDialhome.html
Includes American, Canadian, Native American and Bermudan. |
Organization of Dialect Diversity in North America - http://www.ling.upenn.edu/phono_atlas/ICSLP4.html
Full text of the paper by William Labov. Sociolinguistic research on linguistic change in urbanized areas of North America, leading to increased dialect diversity. |
Pittsburghese.com - http://www.pittsburghese.com/
A guide to pronunciation, phrases, and local terminology if Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania. Audio quiz and 'translator' available. |
Pop vs. Soda Page - http://www.popvssoda.com/
Plots the geographic distribution of the terms "pop", "soda", and "coke" when used to describe sweetened carbonated beverages. |
Student Papers on American English - http://www.uta.fi/FAST/US1/P1/
From the Department of Translation Studies, University of Tampere, Finland. Topics: Differences Between American and British English; 'Black English' (AAVE, or 'Ebonics'); Yiddish and Ethnic-Jewish Influences; Historical and Loan Word Influence; Regional and Social Variation; Slang; General Topics. |
The Dialect Survey - http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~golder/dialect/
A survey intended for speakers of North American English detailing different pronunciations and interpretations of various English words plus maps of responses. |