The Dialect Atlas of Newfoundland and Labrador

The interactive online dialect atlas documents the geographical and social distribution of many features of the distinctive traditional dialects of English spoken in Newfoundland and Labrador. Visit the website: www.dialectatlas.mun.ca

The aim of this atlas is to help to preserve the rich cultural heritage of the province by documenting an aspect of language that has, up to now, remained largely uninvestigated: the regional distribution of many of the traditional linguistic features (lexical, phonological, and morphosyntactic) that characterize NL English. Recent technological developments allow presentation of these linguistic materials in an online format, which could scarcely have been envisaged by their original collectors. In fact, this atlas is to date one of only a handful of online regional dialect atlases in the English-speaking world.

The Dialect Atlas of Newfoundland and Labrador project is directed by Professor Sandra Clarke (Linguistics) and co-directed by Professor Philip Hiscock (Folklore) of Memorial University of Newfoundland. Further information regarding project participants and funding sources is provided in the Acknowledgements section of the website.