General American

Japanese: General American(英語表記)GeneralAmerican
General American


[dialect]
American English does not have the regional dialect differentiation that it had in the Old World, due to its recent history, the frequent geographical movement of its inhabitants, and the need for a common language for communication among many ethnic groups. Traditionally, it has been divided into three major dialects: (1) the eastern dialects of New England, (2) the southern dialects that range from Virginia to the southwest and eastern Texas, and (3) General American (GA), which is spoken in the rest of the world. However, as a result of recent progress in research into linguistic geography, more detailed dialect classifications have been attempted. The classification criteria are mainly based on pronunciation.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "General American" are listed below.

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Japanese:


[方言]
 歴史が新しいこと,住民の地理的移動が盛んなこと,多民族の間の意思疎通に共通語が必要なことなどから,アメリカ英語には旧世界ほどの地域方言分化はない。従来は,(1)ニューイングランドの東部方言,(2)バージニア州から南西一帯,テキサス州東部にわたる南部方言,(3)それ以外の広大な地域に話される一般アメリカ英語General American(略称GA)に三大別されてきたが,近年言語地理学の研究が進んだ結果,より詳細な方言分類が試みられている。分類規準は主として発音である。…

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