[lg policy] media: New York accent may be dying out

[Harold Schiffman]

New York accent may be dying out


Reed linguistics professor Kara Becker writes that younger speakers
are not acquiring the classic New York regional lect.

Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/9027125/Fuhgeddaboutit-New-York-accent-may-be-dying-out.html

http://linguistlist.org/issues/23/23-366.html

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