#  Useful links for studying American English 

 



## Useful links for studying American English (AmE)

### Articles

*[Do you speak Bostonian?](http://www.ling.upenn.edu/phono_atlas/usnews/usnews1.jpg)* Article on U Penn's Phonological Atlas from the January 25, 1999, edition of U.S. News & World Report (lo-res .jpg scan) [Page 2](http://www.ling.upenn.edu/phono_atlas/usnews/usnews2.jpg)

*[New Yawk Talk](http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/atc/19990312atc08.rmm)* March 12, 1999, NPR interview with U Penn linguist William Labov on his 40-year study of the various accents of New York City

*[Beyond Words: Mapping the Backroads of American Speech](http://www.jsonline.com/news/state/oct01/dictionary.asp)* Oct. 14, 2001*, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel* article on *DARE* and Fred Cassidy

### Learned Societies

The [American Dialect Society](http://www.americandialect.org/), DARE's official sponsor. Did you know that "hashtag" was the official word of the year for 2012?

The [Dictionary Society of North America](http://polyglot.lss.wisc.edu/dsna/index.html) (Check here for links to other dictionary societies.)