New York-New Jersey English

The variety of the English language spoken in the New York City and North Jersey region is often considered to be one of the most recognizable accents within American English.

Subracial ethnic differentiation

Similarly, some speakers claim that there are differences among speakers of European American New York English that break down along ethnic lines, particularly between the descendents of the Irish, Eastern European Jews, and Italians, the three main late 19th and early 20th Century immigrants. Evidence for this differenciation is in sociolinguistic research, in particular Labov's (1982), finding of differences in the rate and degree of the tensing and raising of (oh) and (aeh) of Italian American versus Jewish American New Yorkers. However, the differences were relatively minor, of degree and not kind. Both groups share the relevant features. It is possible, of course, that there are substantial differences, but like geographic differences, these have not been found.

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Sociolinguistic research - Labov's

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One area that is likely to reveal consistent patterns, however, is usage among Orthodox Jews, sometimes referred to as Yeshivaish, for the parochial high schools members of this community attend. Such features include fully released final stops and certain Yiddish contact features, such as topicalizations of direct objects, (e.g., constructions such as Tova, she saw! or A whole salami, you bought! There is also substantial use of Yiddish and particularly Hebrew words. However, it could be argued that such features are not characteristic of New York dialect because they exist among Orthodox Jews in other dialect regions. Still, in combination with other New York dialect features they are characteristic of a specific local ethno-religious community. There is no research, however, establishing these facts in the New York Dialect literature.

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The New York Irish accent is one of the main accents of New York City. Notable speakers of the New York Irish accent are Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump, and Rosie O'Donnell.

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Rudy Giuliani - Donald Trump - Rosie O'Donnell

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