Focus on Canada / / edited by Sandra Clarke

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910829085103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., , 1993
• ISBN: 1-283-35850-6; 9786613358509; 90-272-7681-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 302 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Collana: Varieties of English around the world. General series, , 0172-7362 ; ; v. 11
• Altri autori (Persone): ClarkeSandra
• Disciplina: 427.971
• Soggetti: English language - Variation - Canada; English language - Social aspects - Canada
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 5.3. Innovations Which Have Become Acceptable In Informal Styles 5.4. Innovations Established in North America; 5.5. Innovations Established Beyond North America; 6. ""Immodest Prudery"" as a Factor in Lexical Change; 7. Maternalism and Independence; Acknowledgements; REFERENCES; CANADIAN ENGLISH LEXICOGRAPHY; 1. Introduction; 2. The Origins: John Sandilands - Lexicographic Pioneer; 3. The Years of Research and Preparation; 4. Contemporary Dictionaries of Canadian English; 4.1. The Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles; 4.2. The Dictionary of Canadian English Series; 4. Conclusion REFERENCES; THE HOBGOBLIN OF CANADIAN ENGLISH SPELLING; 1. Introduction; 2. The Competing Models; 3. Canadian Style Guides; 4. Canadian Dictionaries; 5. Regional and Cultural Differences; 6. The Editors' Dilemma; 7. Conclusion; NOTES; REFERENCES; THE PLANTING OF ANGLO-IRISH IN NEWFOUNDLAND; 1. Introduction; 2. The Historical Background; 3. Newfoundland Anglo-Irish Speech Features; 3.1. Morphosyntactic Features; 3.2. Phonological Features; 3.3. Lexical Features; 4. Conclusion; Acknowledgements; NOTES; REFERENCES; THE AMERICANIZATION OF CANADIAN PRONUNCIATION: A SURVEY OF PALATAL GLIDE USAGE 1. Introduction; 2. Glide Pronunciation in Canadian English - A Review of Previous Studies; 3. Postcoronal Glide Usage in St. John's; 3.1. The St. John's Survey; 3.2. Results; 4. Glide ; Usage and the Canadian Media; 5. Conclusion; Acknowledgements; NOTES; REFERENCES; AFRICAN AMERICAN ENGLISH IN THE DIASPORA: EVIDENCE FROM OLD-LINE NOVA SCOTIANS; 1. Introduction; 2. Real-time Evidence on AAVE; 3. The African American Diaspora; 4. The Sociolinguistic Setting of African Nova Scotian English; 5. Choice of Communities; 5.1. Guysborough 5.2. North Preston; 6. The Quest for the Vernacular; 6.1. The Informants; 6.2. The Data; 6.3. Data Manipulation; 7. Situating African Nova Scotian English; 7.1. Establishing the Provenance of Linguistic Features; 7.2. Reconstructing Diachrony from Synchronic Evidence; 8. Analyses; 8.1. The Copula; 8.2. Variable Past Time Expression; 8.3. Verbal -s Marking; 9. Discussion; Acknowledgements; NOTES; REFERENCES; A SYNCHRONIC STUDY OF ENGLISH SPOKEN IN OTTAWA: IS CANADIAN ENGLISH BECOMING MORE AMERICAN?; 1. Introduction; 2. Methodology; 2.1. Synchronic Studies; 2.2. Some Diachronic Information
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.