Welcome!

Welcome to the website of the Wisconsin Englishes Project! We are a group of linguists located at institutions throughout Wisconsin and neighboring states who are exploring various aspects of the dialects of English spoken in Wisconsin.

Wisconsin lies at the edge of many of the most significant language changes currently underway in American English, yet until recently our region has been largely ignored in dialect studies. Explore our website to learn more about recent efforts to understand the language of our state and region!

Please see our new mapping page!

Learn about Wisconsin Speech Chain Online (WISCO)!

Digital Story: https://tle.wisc.edu/symposium/2010/digital-stories

The Wisconsin Speech Chain On-Line (WiSCO) provides a dynamic mapping module that helps students think geographically about language variation and change and allows them to interact with their speech patterns and those of other students from different regions.

More about WISCO: "WISCO proves it’s not what you say, but how you say it"