Laura Relyea

Tiny Linguistic Maps of My House

By now you’ve probably seen the linguistic maps of the United States that depict how oddly people speak outside of the South. Loyer? What? Recently, I’ve been working on a similar (though much larger in scope) project mapping the speech patters in my household, which is made up of me and Laura Relyea of Vouched Books. By tracking the usage and pronunciation of the two members of the household, I was able to create graphical representations of linguistic differentiation in a Southern urban domestic setting. Theoretically, I leaned heavily on Wittgenstein in analyzing my data. Here are some of the results.

Caramelize map

 

Aunt map

 

affluent map

 

 

Chambray map

 

 

Forward map

 

 

Laura map

 

 

Beer map

 

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June 8th, 2013 / 4:42 pm