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Accents of New York City

Louise Magat,

Greg Garcia,

& Meghan Elliott

Diversity in English Dialects

The IPA

http://www.internationalphoneticalphabet.org/ipa-sounds/ipa-chart-with-sounds/

What is the New York Accent?

History of the New York Accent

Identifying Markers of the New York Accent

Dutch Influence:

  • Interdental fric. (th) become (t) or (d)
  • oi = er (example: oil)

British Influence:

  • non-rhotic /r/
  • Intrusive /r/: placing /r/ where it does not belong (saw = sawr)
  • Glottal stop -- bottle /t/ = /?/
  • elongated out As (coffee = cawfee)

http://www.lachsa.net/ourpages/auto/2014/11/19/50739800/New%20York%20Notes%20LACHSA.pdf

The Manhattan Accent

Example of Accent

Analysis of Accent

The Bronx Accent

Example of the Bronx Accent

Analysis of Accent

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/NY

Brooklyn Accent

Example of Accent

Analysis of Accent

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/NY

The Queens Accent

Example of Accent

Analysis of Accent

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/NY

The Long Island Accent

Example of the Accent

Analysis of Accent

https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/NY

What's the Point?

Works Cited

1. Vaux, B., & Golder, S. (n.d.). Dialect Survey Maps and Results. Retrieved March 17, 2018, from http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/maps.html

2. Vaux, B., & Golder, S. (n.d.). Dialect Survey Results: NEW YORK. Retrieved March 17, 2018, from https://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/state_NY.html

3. Wang, H. L. (2015, February 02). Fuhgeddaboudit: New York Accent On Its Way Out, Linguists Say. Retrieved March 17, 2018, from https://www.npr.org/2015/02/02/383289958/fuhgeddaboudit-new-york-accent-on-its-way-out-linguists-say

4. Bortolot, L. (2011, August 12). You Tawkin' to New Yawk? Retrieved March 17, 2018, from https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424053111903918104576502373235185388

5. LACHSA. (2014). Www.lachsa.net. (2014). NEW YORK: IPA NOTES. Los Angeles, CA. Retrieved March 16, 2017, from http://www.lachsa.net/ourpages/auto/2014/11/19/50739800/New York Notes LACHSA.pdf

6. Vox. (2016, February 18). Retrieved March 17, 2018, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waeXBCUkuL8

7.Vigwig. (2009, March 27). Retrieved March 17, 2018 from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hrA9-6o4tI

8. Saturday Night Live. (2013, August 12). Retrieved March 17, 2018 from

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCSejBIlXVA

9. J. Stalin. (2016, May 23). Retrieved March 17, 2018 from

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEA33bAXyNM

10. TIME. (2017, May 22). Retrieved March 17, 2018 from

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olWhr_bstNU

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfqNRReOXmA

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6UbsF02lsQ

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