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The Dictionary of American Regional English is published by Harvard University Press. Its chief-editor is Joan Houston Hall. The Harvard University Press is a publishing house, a division of Harvard University, that is highly respected in academic publishing. ...


See also

American English (AmE) is the form of the English language used mostly in the United States of America. ... This article outlines the differences between American English, the form of the English language spoken in the United States, and Commonwealth English (often called British English). ... The variety of the English language spoken in the New York City and North Jersey region is often considered to be one of the most recognizable accents within American English. ... Southern American English is a dialect of the English language spoken throughout the Southern region of the United States, from central Kentucky and northern Virginia to the Gulf Coast and from the Atlantic coast to eastern Texas. ... General American is a notional accent of American English based on speech patterns common in the Midwest of the United States and those used by many American network television broadcasters. ...

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  • http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/dare/index.html

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Dictionary of American Regional English - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (483 words)
The Dictionary of American Regional English is a dictionary that documents the different dialects of American English.
American Languages: Our Nation's Many Voices Online Interviews with speakers of American English dialects from across the United States, each speaker reading "Arthur the Rat." "Arthur the Rat" is a short tale devised to obtain phonetic representation from throughout the country of all phonemes in American English.
This collaboration among the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies (MKI), the Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Cultures (CSUMC), the Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE), and the University of Wisconsin Digital Collection Center is a funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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