04939nam 2200661 a 450 991045755090332120200520144314.01-283-35850-6978661335850990-272-7681-1(CKB)2550000000072998(EBL)811289(SSID)ssj0000827577(PQKBManifestationID)11473865(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000827577(PQKBWorkID)10820686(PQKB)10162910(MiAaPQ)EBC811289(Au-PeEL)EBL811289(CaPaEBR)ebr10518054(CaONFJC)MIL335850(OCoLC)816876150(EXLCZ)99255000000007299819930804d1993 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFocus on Canada[electronic resource] /edited by Sandra ClarkeAmsterdam ;Philadelphia J. Benjamins Pub. Co.19931 online resource (xi, 302 pages) illustrations, mapsVarieties of English around the world. General series,0172-7362 ;v. 11Description based upon print version of record.90-272-4869-9 1-55619-442-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Series4. 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; REFERENCESTHE 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 Communities5.1. 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 Studies2.2. Some Diachronic InformationAlthough 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. Topics range from general issues in Canadian lexicography and orthography to sociolinguistic studies of varieties of English spoken in all major geoVarieties of English around the world.General series ;v. 11.English languageVariationCanadaEnglish languageSocial aspectsCanadaElectronic books.English languageVariationEnglish languageSocial aspects427.971Clarke Sandra476910MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457550903321Focus on Canada2080483UNINA