The Philadelphia and New York accents presumably shared certain common linguistic inputs in the nineteenth century, since both accents by the twentieth century demonstrated a high /ɔ/ vowel (creating a contrast between words like cot and caught) as well as a phonemic split of the short a vowel, /æ/ (making gas and gap, for example, have different vowels sounds) not found elsewhere in the United States. 3.1.1 Lifelong non-rhotic South Philadelphia speakers.Today, a marked or "heavier" Philadelphia accent is most commonly found in Irish American and Italian American working-class neighborhoods. The closest relative of the Philadelphia accent is the Baltimore accent, both of which constitute what Labov describes as a single " Mid-Atlantic" regional dialect.Īccording to linguist Barbara Johnstone, migration patterns and geography affected the dialect's development, which was especially influenced by immigrants from Northern England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. Philadelphia English shares certain features with New York City English and Midland American English, although it is a distinct dialect. Philadelphia English is one of the best-studied types of English, as Philadelphia's University of Pennsylvania is the home institution of pioneering sociolinguist William Labov. Philadelphia English is a variety or dialect of American English native to Philadelphia and extending into Philadelphia's metropolitan area throughout the Delaware Valley and South Jersey, including Atlantic City and Wilmington, Delaware. For the distinction between, / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters.
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This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA).
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