Focus on Canada /
Focus on Canada /
edited by Sandra Clarke.
- xi, 302 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
- Varieties of English around the world. General series, v. 11 0172-7362 ; .
- Varieties of English around the world. General series ; v. 11. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- "Lawless and vulgar innovations": Victorian views of Canadian English -- Canadian English lexicography -- The hobgoblin of Canadian English spelling -- The planting of Anglo-Irish in Newfoundland -- The Americanization of Canadian pronunciation: A survey of palatal glide usage -- African American English in the diaspora: Evidence from old-line Nova Scotians -- A synchronic study of English spoken in Ottawa: Is Canadian English becoming more American? -- Linguistic symmetries, asymmetries, and border effects within a Canadian/American sample -- A sociolinguistic analysis of Canadian English in Saskatchewan: A look at urban versus rural speakers -- Retracting of [actual symbol not reproducible] in Vancouver English -- Comparative sociolinguistics of (aw)-fronting -- Local patterns and markers of speech in Vancouver English -- Addresses of authors -- Index.
1556194420 9781556194429
93031907
English language--Variation--Canada
English language--Social aspects--Canada
PE3208.8. / F63 1993
427.971
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- "Lawless and vulgar innovations": Victorian views of Canadian English -- Canadian English lexicography -- The hobgoblin of Canadian English spelling -- The planting of Anglo-Irish in Newfoundland -- The Americanization of Canadian pronunciation: A survey of palatal glide usage -- African American English in the diaspora: Evidence from old-line Nova Scotians -- A synchronic study of English spoken in Ottawa: Is Canadian English becoming more American? -- Linguistic symmetries, asymmetries, and border effects within a Canadian/American sample -- A sociolinguistic analysis of Canadian English in Saskatchewan: A look at urban versus rural speakers -- Retracting of [actual symbol not reproducible] in Vancouver English -- Comparative sociolinguistics of (aw)-fronting -- Local patterns and markers of speech in Vancouver English -- Addresses of authors -- Index.
1556194420 9781556194429
93031907
English language--Variation--Canada
English language--Social aspects--Canada
PE3208.8. / F63 1993
427.971