The Detroit Dialect Study: Accessing a foundational study on the social stratification of American English

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dc.contributor.authorFarrington, Charlieen
dc.contributor.authorCullinan, Danicaen
dc.contributor.authorTacata, Chloeen
dc.contributor.authorHan, Ameliaen
dc.contributor.authorMorgan, Marissaen
dc.contributor.authorWolfram, Walten
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-27T14:27:40Zen
dc.date.available2025-01-27T14:27:40Zen
dc.date.issued2025-08-01en
dc.description.abstractThe Detroit Dialect Study (DDS) is one of the earliest foundational studies of social stratification in American English and the most expansive survey of an urban area ever undertaken in sociolinguistics. The DDS, led by Dr. Roger Shuy, systematically gathered and analyzed data to determine the linguistic patterns at play across race, sex, social class, and age, and the results of this study have informed work on educational policy regarding vernacular American English dialects. At the same time, the DDS allows for deeper insights into the development of African American Language and the spread of the Northern Cities Vowel Shift at a much greater time-depth than current digitized collections, essential for linguists interested in the mechanisms of language variation and change over time. In this audio feature, we discuss the newly digitized and publicly available Detroit Dialect Study with original audio from the DDS to highlight linguistic patterns and important stories. We also include audio interviews with sociolinguists Roger Shuy, Walt Wolfram, and Ralph Fasold, who were all involved with the DDS. We hope to highlight the rich data available within, as well as different ways the dataset can be used today.en
dc.description.versionAccepted versionen
dc.format.extent16 page(s)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.eissn1527-2133en
dc.identifier.issn0003-1283en
dc.identifier.orcidFarrington, Charles [0000-0001-5121-9860]en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10919/124386en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherDuke University Pressen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectDetroiten
dc.subjectAfrican American Languageen
dc.subjectNorthern Cities Vowel Shiften
dc.subjectDialectologyen
dc.subjectSociolinguisticsen
dc.subjectLanguage Changeen
dc.titleThe Detroit Dialect Study: Accessing a foundational study on the social stratification of American Englishen
dc.title.serialAmerican Speechen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
dc.type.otherArticleen
dcterms.dateAccepted2024-10-28en
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Techen
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Tech/Liberal Arts and Human Sciencesen
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Tech/Liberal Arts and Human Sciences/Englishen

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