Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:dialect
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| gptkbp:feature |
gptkb:California_Vowel_Shift
cot–caught merger 'Mary', 'marry', 'merry' merger complete 'bag' raising in Pacific Northwest 'caught' and 'cot' distinction lost 'caught' and 'cot' merger complete 'caught' and 'cot' pronounced the same 'creek' pronounced as 'crick' in some areas 'dawn' and 'don' pronounced the same 'fill' and 'feel' distinction maintained 'hill' and 'heal' distinction maintained 'horse' and 'hoarse' distinction lost 'horse' and 'hoarse' merger complete 'horse–hoarse' merger complete 'mirror' and 'mere' distinction maintained 'mirror' and 'nearer' distinction maintained 'pin' and 'pen' distinction maintained 'pin'–'pen' merger absent 'pool' and 'pull' distinction maintained 'pop' and 'soda' both used for soft drinks 'route' pronounced as 'root' or 'rowt' 'y'all' rarely used fronted /u/ and /oʊ/ merger of 'Mary', 'marry', and 'merry' non-rhoticity rare relatively little regional variation use of 'anymore' in positive sense in some areas use of 'hella' in Northern California 'wash' sometimes pronounced with an intrusive 'r' as 'warsh' |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Western American English
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| gptkbp:languageFamily |
English
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| gptkbp:region |
gptkb:Alaska
gptkb:California gptkb:Colorado gptkb:Hawaii gptkb:Idaho gptkb:Montana gptkb:Nevada gptkb:Oregon gptkb:Utah gptkb:Washington gptkb:Wyoming |
| gptkbp:spokenIn |
gptkb:Western_United_States
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:North_American_English
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
5
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