Midland American English

GPTKB entity

Statements (126)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:dialect
variety of American English
gptkbp:dividedInto gptkb:North_Midland
gptkb:South_Midland
gptkbp:feature rhotic accent
'needs washed' construction
distinct from Northern and Southern American English
cot–caught merger in transition
fronted /oʊ/ vowel
no pin–pen merger
variable use of 'positive anymore'
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Midland American English
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Anglic
gptkb:Germanic
gptkb:Indo-European
gptkb:West_Germanic
gptkb:Anglo-Frisian
English
gptkbp:mainLanguage gptkb:American_English
gptkbp:notableCity gptkb:Grafton,_West_Virginia
gptkb:Moundsville,_West_Virginia
gptkb:Weston,_West_Virginia
gptkb:Bluefield,_West_Virginia
gptkb:New_Martinsville,_West_Virginia
gptkb:Columbia,_Missouri
gptkb:Columbus,_Ohio
gptkb:Kansas_City,_Missouri
gptkb:Little_Rock,_Arkansas
gptkb:Springfield,_Illinois
gptkb:Springfield,_Missouri
gptkb:St._Louis,_Missouri
gptkb:Clarksburg,_West_Virginia
gptkb:Martinsburg,_West_Virginia
gptkb:Paducah,_Kentucky
gptkb:Steubenville,_Ohio
gptkb:Indianapolis,_Indiana
gptkb:Cincinnati,_Ohio
gptkb:Dayton,_Ohio
gptkb:Lexington,_Kentucky
gptkb:Marietta,_Ohio
gptkb:Peoria,_Illinois
gptkb:Tulsa,_Oklahoma
gptkb:Zanesville,_Ohio
gptkb:Bowling_Green,_Kentucky
gptkb:Huntington,_West_Virginia
gptkb:Point_Pleasant,_West_Virginia
gptkb:Stillwater,_Oklahoma
gptkb:Wheeling,_West_Virginia
gptkb:Fairmont,_West_Virginia
gptkb:Ironton,_Ohio
gptkb:Welch,_West_Virginia
gptkb:Lawrence,_Kansas
gptkb:Lincoln,_Nebraska
gptkb:Pittsburgh,_Pennsylvania
gptkb:Charleston,_West_Virginia
gptkb:Des_Moines,_Iowa
gptkb:Erie,_Pennsylvania
gptkb:Fayetteville,_Arkansas
gptkb:Fort_Wayne,_Indiana
gptkb:Jefferson_City,_Missouri
gptkb:Joplin,_Missouri
gptkb:Louisville,_Kentucky
gptkb:Manhattan,_Kansas
gptkb:Toledo,_Ohio
gptkb:Wichita,_Kansas
gptkb:Ashland,_Kentucky
gptkb:Lancaster,_Ohio
gptkb:Moorefield,_West_Virginia
gptkb:Petersburg,_West_Virginia
gptkb:Romney,_West_Virginia
gptkb:Athens,_Ohio
gptkb:Parkersburg,_West_Virginia
gptkb:Buckhannon,_West_Virginia
gptkb:Beckley,_West_Virginia
gptkb:Morgantown,_West_Virginia
gptkb:Omaha,_Nebraska
gptkb:Harrisville,_West_Virginia
gptkb:Ripley,_West_Virginia
gptkb:Sistersville,_West_Virginia
gptkb:Spencer,_West_Virginia
gptkb:Summersville,_West_Virginia
gptkb:Evansville,_Indiana
gptkb:Norman,_Oklahoma
gptkb:Terre_Haute,_Indiana
gptkb:Akron,_Ohio
gptkb:Chillicothe,_Ohio
gptkb:Hinton,_West_Virginia
gptkb:Portsmouth,_Ohio
gptkb:Keyser,_West_Virginia
gptkb:Elkins,_West_Virginia
gptkb:St._Marys,_West_Virginia
gptkb:Williamson,_West_Virginia
gptkb:Owensboro,_Kentucky
gptkb:Youngstown,_Ohio
gptkb:Lewisburg,_West_Virginia
gptkb:Logan,_West_Virginia
gptkb:Princeton,_West_Virginia
gptkbp:region gptkb:Midwestern_United_States
parts of Pennsylvania
parts of Tennessee
parts of Kansas
parts of Nebraska
parts of Kentucky
parts of Illinois
parts of Missouri
parts of Ohio
parts of Indiana
parts of West Virginia
parts of Arkansas
parts of Oklahoma
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:linguist
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:American_English
gptkb:Inland_Northern_American_English
gptkb:Midwestern_English
gptkb:Arkansas_English
gptkb:Coastal_Southern_English
gptkb:Inland_Southern_English
gptkb:Oklahoma_English
gptkb:South_Midland_English
gptkb:Tennessee_English
gptkb:Upper_South_English
gptkb:Appalachian_English
gptkb:General_American
gptkb:Ozark_English
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6