User:Jason Hall UA/sandbox

Peer review of California English edits
25 March 2018

I think your idea of adding a section of the "Voices of California" is a great idea. Just make sure whatever you added has steady citations attached to it so it is credible information. I agree it wouldn't hurt to have a little more information in the section of Spanglish. I know it is hard to find things to improve these articles (especially this one because there already is a decent amount in the article), but adding citations would do a lot if there are areas where they need to be added. I look forward to seeing what edits you make to the page. -Melody Nanfito 25 March 2018 10:16 pm

Use of General American in California English
The Stanford project "Voices of California" looks at speakers of California English that don't adhere to media portrayed California speech stereotypes. According to the study, many Californians are happy believing that they suffer from a "lack of accent." The linguist behind Stanford's project, Penelope_Eckert can be heard discussing the project on this Southern California public radio broadcast The dialects in most of California, particularly the Central Valley, are not connected to stereotypical minority sub-dialects like Valleyspeak or surfer slang. These California sub-dialects are often overstated in the media, in films like Fast Times at Ridgemont High and songs like Frank Zappa's Valley Girl (song). They are primarily a coastal/Southern California phenomenom. The dialects of many residents from California's Central Valley don't distinguish themselves, coming across as bland and featureless.The results of the Stanford Project support this. This dialect style, sometimes referred to as a "tv anchor accent", is known as General American English. General American English is an umbrella term for featureless American English. It is a dialect that doesn't identify with any specific region in the United States. 22:32, 14 March 2018 (UTC)Jason Hall UA (talk) 22:16, 18 March 2018 (UTC)Jason Hall UA (talk) 00:22, 2 April 2018 (UTC)

Spanglish
The code-switching English linguistic trend, Spanglish, is not mentioned directly in the article, although Chicano English is mentioned. Spanglish only appears as a link at the bottom. Spanglish is a newer term,awareness of its existence was increased by Adam Sandler's movie titled Spanglish (film) Spanglish is connected to Chicano English, and with the steadily increasing Spanish influence in California English,it should be referenced directly. Jason Hall UA (talk) 22:42, 25 March 2018 (UTC)