California Vowel Shift

GPTKB entity

Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:phonology
gptkbp:affects vowel pronunciation
speech of women more than men
speech of young Californians
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:California_Shift
gptkbp:category dialectology
sound change
gptkbp:documentedIn academic literature
gptkbp:feature monophthongization of /oʊ/
raising of /æ/
backing of /u/
backing of /ʊ/
fronting of back vowels
lowering of /ɪ/
lowering of /ʌ/
raising of /æ/ before nasals
retraction of /æ/
retraction of /ɛ/
retraction of /ɪ/
gptkbp:firstDescribed 1980s
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label California Vowel Shift
gptkbp:influenced cultural studies
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:California_English
gptkbp:observedBy urban areas
younger speakers
gptkbp:region gptkb:California
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Northern_Cities_Vowel_Shift
gptkb:Canadian_Vowel_Shift
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:Mary_Bucholtz
gptkb:Penny_Eckert
gptkbp:studiedIn sociolinguistics
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Western_American_English
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6