Southwestern American English
E965371
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Southwestern American English is a regional variety of American English spoken in the southwestern United States, characterized by distinctive vowel pronunciations, lexical items, and influences from Spanish and other regional dialects.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Southwestern American English canonical | 2 |
| Intermountain West English | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12098011 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southwestern American English Context triple: [Texas English, overlapsWith, Southwestern American English]
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A.
Western American English
Western American English is the group of English dialects spoken in the western United States, characterized by features such as the cot–caught merger and relatively uniform pronunciation across a large geographic area.
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B.
Chicano English
Chicano English is a distinct, rule-governed variety of American English commonly spoken by Mexican Americans, characterized by unique phonological and syntactic features influenced by Spanish and regional dialects.
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C.
Ozark English
Ozark English is a regional dialect of American English spoken in the Ozark Mountains, characterized by distinctive pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammatical features influenced by Southern and Appalachian speech.
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D.
Santa Fe dialect
The Santa Fe dialect is a regional variety of the Bantayanon language spoken in and around the municipality of Santa Fe in the Bantayan Island area of the Philippines.
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E.
Southern American English
Southern American English is a major regional dialect of American English characterized by distinctive pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar features prevalent across the Southern United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Southwestern American English Target entity description: Southwestern American English is a regional variety of American English spoken in the southwestern United States, characterized by distinctive vowel pronunciations, lexical items, and influences from Spanish and other regional dialects.
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A.
Western American English
Western American English is the group of English dialects spoken in the western United States, characterized by features such as the cot–caught merger and relatively uniform pronunciation across a large geographic area.
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B.
Chicano English
Chicano English is a distinct, rule-governed variety of American English commonly spoken by Mexican Americans, characterized by unique phonological and syntactic features influenced by Spanish and regional dialects.
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C.
Ozark English
Ozark English is a regional dialect of American English spoken in the Ozark Mountains, characterized by distinctive pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammatical features influenced by Southern and Appalachian speech.
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D.
Santa Fe dialect
The Santa Fe dialect is a regional variety of the Bantayanon language spoken in and around the municipality of Santa Fe in the Bantayan Island area of the Philippines.
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E.
Southern American English
Southern American English is a major regional dialect of American English characterized by distinctive pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar features prevalent across the Southern United States.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Southwestern American English