West Texas English

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:dialect
gptkbp:distinctFrom gptkb:East_Texas_English
gptkb:Midland_American_English
gptkbp:feature distinct intonation patterns
drawl
monophthongization of /aɪ/
non-rhoticity (in some speakers)
use of y'all as second person plural pronoun
conservative grammatical features
use of double modals (e.g., might could)
vowel shift in certain words
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label West Texas English
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Spanish_language
settler migration patterns
gptkbp:languageFamily English
gptkbp:region gptkb:Texas
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Southern_American_English
gptkb:Southwestern_American_English
gptkbp:spokenIn West Texas
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:linguist
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Texas_English
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6