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1 online resource (xi, 302 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Varieties of English around the world. General series, 0172-7362 ; v. 11 |
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Varieties of English around the world. General series ; v. 11. 0172-7362
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"Lawless and vulgar innovations" : Victorian views of Canadian English / J.K. Chambers -- Canadian English lexicography / Robert J. Gregg -- The hobgoblin of Canadian English spelling / T.K. Pratt -- The planting of Anglo-Irish in Newfoundland / William J. Kirwin -- The Americanization of Canadian pronunciation : a survey of palatal glide usage / Sandra Clarke -- African American English in the diaspora : evidence from old-line Nova Scotians / Shana Poplack, Sali Tagliamonte -- A synchronic study of English spoken in Ottawa : is Canadian English becoming more American? / Howard B. Woods -- Linguistic symmetries, asymmetries, and border effects within a Canadian/American sample / Christine Zeller -- A sociolinguistic analysis of Canadian English in Saskatchewan : a look at urban versus rural speakers / Judith A. Nylvek -- Retracting of /ae/ in Vancouver English / John H. Esling, Henry J. Warkentyne -- Comparative sociolinguistics of (aw)-fronting / Henrietta Hung, John Davison, J.K. Chambers -- Local patterns and markers of speech in Vancouver English / Gaelan Dodds de Wolf |
| Summary |
Although varieties of North American English have come in for a good deal of linguistic scrutiny in recent years, the vast majority of published works have dealt with American rather than Canadian English. This volume constitutes a welcome addition to our linguistic knowledge of English-speaking Canada. While the focus of the volume is primarily synchronic, several of the dozen papers it contains offer a diachronic perspective on Canadian English |
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Topics range from general issues in Canadian lexicography and orthography to sociolinguistic studies of varieties of English spoken in all major geographical areas of the country: Atlantic Canada, Ontario, Quebec and the West. A theme common to many of the articles is the relationship of Canadian English to American varieties to the south |
| Analysis |
English language -- Canada -- Variation |
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English language -- Social aspects -- Canada |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English language -- Variation -- Canada
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English language -- Social aspects -- Canada
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
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English language -- Social aspects
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English language -- Variation
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Dialecten.
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Engels.
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Canada
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Kanada
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Englisch.
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Amerikanisches Englisch.
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| Genre/Form |
Aufsatzsammlung.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Clarke, Sandra
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| LC no. |
93031907 |
| ISBN |
9789027276810 |
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9027276811 |
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1283358506 |
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9781283358507 |
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9786613358509 |
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6613358509 |
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