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. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1556194420 9781556194429 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>93031907 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Variation--Canada<br/>English language--Social aspects--Canada
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PE3208.8.  / F63 1993 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>427.971