New-dialect formation in Canada : evidence from the English modal auxiliaries /

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This book details the development of eleven modal auxiliaries in late 18th- and 19th-century Canadian English in a framework of new-dialect formation. The study assesses features of the modal auxiliaries, tracing influences to British and American input varieties, parallel developments, or Canadian...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dollinger, Stefan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2008.
Colección:Studies in language companion series ; v. 97.
Temas:
English language > Canada > History.
English language > Dialects > Canada.
English language > Variation > Canada.
Canadianisms.
Anglais (Langue) > Canada > Histoire.
Anglais (Langue) > Variation > Canada.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
Canadianisms
English language
English language > Dialects
English language > Variation
Canada
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • New-Dialect Formationin Canada Evidence from the English modal auxiliaries; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; List of Maps; List of Figures; List of Tables; About this book; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 CANADIAN ENGLISH: A RESEARCH HISTORY OF THE 'OTHER' VARIETY OF NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH; 3 ONTARIO 1776-1850: AN EXTERNAL LANGUAGE HISTORY; 4 THE CORPUS OF EARLY ONTARIO ENGLISH, PRE-CONFEDERATION SECTION (CONTE-pC); 5 NEW-DIALECT FORMATION IN EARLY ONTARIO; 6 LATE MODERN ENGLISH MODAL AUXILIARIES: METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS.
  • 7 CAN (COULD) vs. MAY (MIGHT)8 MUST vs. HAVE TO; 9 SHALL vs. WILL; 10 SHOULD, WOULD and OUGHT TO; 11 CONCLUSION; 12 APPENDICES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; General Index; The series Studies in Language Companion Series.

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