Midwestern American English

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Midwestern American English is a major regional dialect of American English often associated with a relatively neutral or "standard" U.S. accent used in national media and broadcasting.

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AI-generated illustration of Midwestern American English

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of Midwestern American English (Midwestern American English is a major regional dialect of American English often associated with a relatively neutral or "standard" U.S. accent used in national media and broadcasting.)

All labels observed (9)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf regional dialect of American English ⓘ
variety of English ⓘ
associatedWith General American English ⓘ
linked to: American English
characterizedBy /oʊ/ monophthongization tendencies in some Midland areas ⓘ
/u/ fronting in many speakers ⓘ
Northern Cities Vowel Shift in some northern urban areas ⓘ
T-flapping between vowels (e.g., ladder vs. latter merger in pronunciation) ⓘ
alveolar realization of /ŋ/ in -ing for some informal speech ⓘ
distinctive short-a system in Inland North subvariety ⓘ
lack of non-rhoticity typical of some East Coast dialects ⓘ
relatively flat intonation compared to some other U.S. dialects ⓘ
relatively merged cot–caught vowels in many areas ⓘ
rhotic pronunciation ⓘ
yod-dropping in words like news and student for many speakers ⓘ
hasPerception often considered close to Standard American English ⓘ
often used as model accent for U.S. broadcasters ⓘ
hasSubvariety Chicago English ⓘ
Inland North American English ⓘ
Midland American English ⓘ
Minnesotan English ⓘ
North Central American English ⓘ
Northern Cities Vowel Shift region English ⓘ
St. Louis English ⓘ
Upper Midwestern English ⓘ
linked to: Wisconsin English

Wisconsin English ⓘ
languageFamily Anglic languages ⓘ
Germanic languages ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
West Germanic languages ⓘ
lexicalFeature use of garage sale or yard sale for household sales ⓘ
use of kitty-corner or catty-corner for diagonally across ⓘ
use of pop for carbonated soft drink in many northern areas ⓘ
use of soda in some Midwestern subregions ⓘ
use of you guys as second-person plural pronoun ⓘ
use of yous or youse in some urban Midwestern communities ⓘ
notableInCity Chicago ⓘ
Cleveland ⓘ
Detroit ⓘ
Indianapolis ⓘ
Kansas City ⓘ
Milwaukee ⓘ
Minneapolis–Saint Paul ⓘ
St. Louis ⓘ
partOf American English ⓘ
perceivedAs relatively neutral American accent ⓘ
spokenIn Midwestern United States ⓘ
United States ⓘ
studiedInField dialectology ⓘ
sociolinguistics ⓘ
usedIn broadcasting in the United States ⓘ
national media in the United States ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American English → hasVariant → Midwestern American English ⓘ
American English → hasVariant → Inland North American English ⓘ
linked to: Midwestern American English
Canadian English → closelyRelatedTo → General American English ⓘ
linked to: Midwestern American English
Chicano English → isMutuallyIntelligibleWith → General American English ⓘ
linked to: Midwestern American English
Western American English → contrastedWith → Inland North American English ⓘ
linked to: Midwestern American English
Midwestern American English → hasSubvariety → Inland North American English ⓘ
linked to: Midwestern American English
Midwestern American English → hasSubvariety → Midland American English ⓘ
linked to: Midwestern American English
Midwestern American English → hasSubvariety → St. Louis English ⓘ
linked to: Midwestern American English
Midwestern American English → hasSubvariety → Minnesotan English ⓘ
linked to: Midwestern American English
BBC English → distinctFrom → General American accent ⓘ
linked to: Midwestern American English
Wisconsin English → influencedBy → Midwestern English ⓘ
linked to: Midwestern American English
Little Orphant Annie → hasDialectType → Midwestern American English ⓘ
NOAD → hasPronunciationStandard → General American pronunciation ⓘ
linked to: Midwestern American English