The ANAE further argues for a division between Northern versus Southern New England English, especially on the basis of the cot–caught merger and  fronting (applying twice, for example, in the phrase Park the car). The ANAE also categorizes the strongest differentiated New England accents into four combinations of the above dichotomies, simply defined as follows:
The ANAE suggests separating New England English into two main categories: those with distinct characteristics from the North and those with features unique to the South. It also identifies four combinations of these dichotomies, which can be summarized as follows: