Welcome to the Vowels In America (VIA) research project, a joint effort by sociolinguists from the University of Nevada, Reno and the University of Oregon to better understand the relationship between ...

Are we ruining English? Probably not. Explore ongoing changes to American and British English ... Californians by fronting vowels, so that do sounds like dew, and by raising their voices at ...

Resources include the interactive Color Vowel Chart, a teacher's guide, and a webinar on how to teach with ... Sounds of Speech, provided by the University of Iowa, provides a comprehensive ...

Once thing is clearer - American English has become the dominant form ... YOU CAN STILL HEAR THE LACONIC, TERSE STYLE THAT SOUNDS SO NEW ENGLAND. BUT WITH MASS COMMUNICATIONS AND CHANGES IN ...