Southern dialects often include multiple modals such as “might could” in phrases characterized by these words. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name these words whose auxiliary form accompanies their infinitive form and includes words like “do,” “have,” and “am.”
ANSWER: verbs [accept verb phrases; accept auxiliary verbs or helper verbs; accept infinitive verbs]
[10m] William Labov defined the loss of an offglide in diphthongs as a “Southern” example of these linguistic occurrences in which the change in the sound of a phoneme causes other words to sound different.
ANSWER: shift [accept specific types of shifts such as a chain shift; accept Great Vowel Shift; accept Southern shift]
[10h] Since after the Civil War, Southern English has undergone a merger of the vowels “e” and “i” named for these two words.
ANSWER: pin–pen merger [or pen–pin merger]
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