Southern American English; Southern States (of the USA) ; Emic/etic (method.) ; Emisch/etisch (method.) ; Feldforschung; Field work; Field linguistics ; Phonetics (sociolinguistics) ; Sociophonetics ; Phonology (sociolinguistics) ; Sociophonology ; Vowel change ; Acoustic phonetics ; Presbyphonia; Old age (phon.) ; Linguamotorik; Lingual articulation; Advanced tongue root; ATR (phonem. feat.) ; Vokalhöhe; Vowel height; Tongue position ; Segmentsystem; Phonological system ; Merger (phonem.) ; Jeísmo; Seseo; Neutralization (phonem.) ; Vowel length ; English (American) ; USA (English language in the) ; USA (engl. Sprache in den) ; English in the USA; Englisch in den USA; American English