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Flanigan, Beverly Olson; Norris, Franklin Paul – Language Variation and Change, 2000
A cross-dialectal comprehension test was conducted at Ohio University and three of its branch campuses. Results indicated that vowel changes occurring in Southern Ohio were generally interpreted by respondents in terms of their own vowel systems, and that limited exposure to the local dialect by outsiders led to recognition only of the more…
Descriptors: College Students, Dialect Studies, Higher Education, Language Variation