SPeech Across Dialects of English Project (SPADE)

About our study:

The Pacific Northwest English (PNWE) project explores the extent of English dialect development in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It also documents the stories of families with deep roots in the Pacific Northwest region. The Pacific Northwest English study is a long-term project of the University of Washington Sociolinguistics Laboratory, and funded by awards to PI Alicia Beckford Wassink from the National Science Foundation (2007-2023). The Pacific Northwest English public-facing dataset was created for filesharing as part of the SPeech Across Dialects of English Project, or SPADE (University of Glasgow).

PNWE Dataset:

The PNWE dataset includes the following materials:

1) speaker demographic information, 2) de-identified audiophiles, 3) phone-level transcriptions.

All interviews were conducted using a traditional multi-part sociolinguistic interview.

Access the data:

To access the SPADE dataset from our PNWE project please submit a request for access with this form.

On the request form please select 'PNWE' from the drop-down menu options.

After receiving your request we will share the username and password with you.

The SPADE data can then be accessed here.

Please email the lab student assistant at lxlabsa@uw.edu if you encounter any issues.