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Ý... William Labov is to American dialect what Lewis and Clark are to American geography. He's the pathfinder. Labov's new work Ý... constitutes the first coast-to-coast charting of all the major dialects spoken in the continental United States and Canada. -- John Seabrook

ANAE is very much a standalone piece. [...] But such splendid isolation is the privilege of the giants of a discipline, and giants in the world of scholarship is definitley what the authors of this volume are. This is a landmark study, a unique reference point of dialectological scholarship for decades to come and an inspiration for generations of linguistics. Edgar W. Schneider in: English World-Wide 1/2008 The ANAE is a massive collection of dialect data and an unprecedented accomplishment in North American English dialectology. Joshua Wilbur in: English Language and Linguistics 1/2007 ANAE is a landmark study that will shape research trends for years to come. Matthew J. Gordon in: Linguist List 17.2299 Coverage in the press: Talking the Tawk The New Yorker Sound Decision: New Atlas Divides the US by Dialect The Chicago Tribune and CubaNow.net Continental Drift The Pennsylvania Gazette Is there a Rocky Mountain Accent New West North American Dialects National Geographic Mayor 's Accent Deserts Boston for New York New York Times It 's not the Sights, it 's the Sounds New York Times Mapping North American English Associated Press

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William Labov and Sharon Ash, University of Pennsylvania, USA; Charles Boberg, McGill University, Montreal, Canada..

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