SPECIAL ASPECTS OF THE FUNCTIONING OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN NEW YORK
Nowadays New York English still is rather important among other dialects of the American English language. It is connected not only with the fact that this dialect is very widespread (New York metropolitan area covers over 30000 km²), but also with its cultural impact. Despite rather ambiguous attitude toward this dialect of the American English language, it is very popular. There are many manuals in the Internet teaching you how to impersonate a New Yorker. This fact points out the interest to the New York dialect that exists not only among sociolinguists and linguists, but also among the people who study English or among the native English speakers who want to know this dialect better. Despite the negative dynamics that is pointed out by some scholars, New York dialect remains the important part of the English language. Special characteristics of this dialect run back to the period of the Pilgrim Fathers living on the territories that later became New York. According to the historical data there was rather strong Dutch influence on the English language there. Modern New York English has several phonetic and lexical features that often become the object of parody or impersonation. Besides, there are other peculiarities, among them speech tempo, intonation, even subject of speech, that mark New York English.