Because of hosting difficulties, the Index is no longer accessible on this site. It can, however, be found in Vol. VI of the print edition of DARE, and all the indexed terms are listed at Digital DARE; if you have access to the digital version, you can click on items and get a list of entries in which they occur.
Have you ever speculated on what could be considered “Illinois words,” or even “Chicago words”? Would you like to know what words are used particularly frequently among women or Black speakers of American English? Are you looking for examples of rhotacism or ellipsis to use in your class?
We’ve made it easy to find the answers to these and similar questions. This Index lists all states, cities, and other geographical regions, as well as social and usage labels, etymological processes, and languages mentioned in the head sections of DARE entries. Following each headword is the label as a whole as it appears in DARE.
You cannot, of course, use the Index without DARE, for the meanings of the terms are not given in the Index. And you must keep in mind that words used in Illinois, for example, are also used in larger regions which subsume Illinois: the state is included in the regions labeled North Central and Upper Mississippi Valley as well as Mississippi-Ohio Valleys. And parts of Illinois are included in the regions labeled North, North Midland, South Midland, and Great Lakes. To find out which states are assigned to particular regional terms, please go to Regional Distributions.