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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 Can...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins Pub. Co.,
1993.
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| Collection: | Varieties of English around the world. General series ;
v. 11. |
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- "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.