Focus on Canada
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Focus on Canada
（Varieties of English around the world, . General series ; v. 11）
J. Benjamins, c1993
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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. 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.
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction (by Clarke, Sandra)
- 2. "Lawless and vulgar innovations": Victorian views of Canadian English (by Chambers, J.K.)
- 3. Canadian English lexicography (by Gregg, Robert J.)
- 4. The hobgoblin of Canadian English spelling (by Pratt, T.K.)
- 5. The planting of Anglo-Irish in Newfoundland (by Kirwin, William J.)
- 6. The Americanization of Canadian pronunciation: A survey of palatal glide usage (by Clarke, Sandra)
- 7. African American English in the diaspora: Evidence from oldline Nova Scotians (by Poplack, Shana)
- 8. A synchronic study of English spoken in Ottawa: Is Canadian English becoming more American? (by Woods, Howard B.)
- 9. Linguistic symmetries, asymmetries, and border effects within a Canadian/American sample (by Zeller, Christine)
- 10. A sociolinguistic analysis of Canadian English in Saskatchewan: A look at urban versus rural speakers (by Nylvek, Judith A.)
- 11. Retracting of /ae/ in Vancouver English (by Esling, John H.)
- 12. Comparative sociolinguistics of (aw)-fronting (by Hung, Henrietta)
- 13. Local patterns and markers of speech in Vancouver English (by Wolf, Gaelan Dodds de)
- 14. Addresses of authors
- 15. Index
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