This Project explores syntactic diversity found in varieties of English spoken in North America. By documenting the subtle, but systematic, differences in the syntax of English varieties, it provides a crucial source of data for the development of theories of human linguistic knowledge. 

Below you will see a map showing survey results from some of the sentences we have studied. You will find more maps on various phenomena pages, and you may also browse them directly here. 

Check out the YGDP Data Explorer to create your own maps from our survey data.