| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923–). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| REGIONAL DIALECT |
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| A regional dialect is a pattern of language use peculiar to a geographical area and its occupants. Chief American regional dialects are Northern, North Midland, South Midland, Southern, Southwestern, and Western, and within each of these there are distinctive smaller groupings. For example, in the northeastern megalopolis of the United States, marked dialectal differences set off these Northern dialects from each other: Eastern (or Coastal) New England, Inland Northern, Metropolitan New York City, and Lower Hudson Valley. See DIALECT. | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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