File:Northern Cities Vowel Shift.svg
Summary
Map of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_cities_vowel_shift" class="extiw" title="w:Northern cities vowel shift">northern cities vowel shift</a>. Three isoglosses identifying the NCVS. In the brown areas /ʌ/ is more retracted than /ɑ/. The blue line encloses areas in which /ɛ/ is backed. The red line encloses areas in which /æ/ is diphthongized to [eə] even before <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/oral_consonant" class="extiw" title="w:oral consonant">oral consonants</a>. The areas enclosed by all three lines may be considered the "core" of the NCVS; it is most consistently present in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse,_New_York" class="extiw" title="w:Syracuse, New York">Syracuse</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester,_New_York" class="extiw" title="w:Rochester, New York">Rochester</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit,_Michigan" class="extiw" title="w:Detroit, Michigan">Detroit</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" class="extiw" title="w:Chicago, Illinois">Chicago</a>.
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| current | 09:34, 5 January 2017 | | 495 × 270 (298 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | <p>Map of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_cities_vowel_shift" class="extiw" title="w:Northern cities vowel shift">northern cities vowel shift</a>. Three isoglosses identifying the NCVS. In the brown areas <span title="Pronunciation in IPA" class="IPA">/ʌ/</span> is more retracted than <span title="Pronunciation in IPA" class="IPA">/ɑ/</span>. The blue line encloses areas in which <span title="Pronunciation in IPA" class="IPA">/ɛ/</span> is backed. The red line encloses areas in which <span title="Pronunciation in IPA" class="IPA">/æ/</span> is diphthongized to <span title="Pronunciation in IPA" class="IPA">[eə]</span> even before <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/oral_consonant" class="extiw" title="w:oral consonant">oral consonants</a>. The areas enclosed by all three lines may be considered the "core" of the NCVS; it is most consistently present in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syracuse,_New_York" class="extiw" title="w:Syracuse, New York">Syracuse</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochester,_New_York" class="extiw" title="w:Rochester, New York">Rochester</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit,_Michigan" class="extiw" title="w:Detroit, Michigan">Detroit</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago,_Illinois" class="extiw" title="w:Chicago, Illinois">Chicago</a>. </p> |
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