LEADER 04654nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910829085103321 005 20230810183613.0 010 $a1-283-35850-6 010 $a9786613358509 010 $a90-272-7681-1 035 $a(CKB)2550000000072998 035 $a(EBL)811289 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000827577 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11473865 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000827577 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10820686 035 $a(PQKB)10162910 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC811289 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL811289 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10518054 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL335850 035 $a(OCoLC)816876150 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000072998 100 $a19930804d1993 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aFocus on Canada /$fedited by Sandra Clarke 210 1$aAmsterdam ;$aPhiladelphia :$cJ. Benjamins Pub. Co.,$d1993. 215 $a1 online resource (xi, 302 pages) $cillustrations, maps 225 1 $aVarieties of English around the world. General series,$x0172-7362 ;$vv. 11 311 0 $a90-272-4869-9 311 0 $a1-55619-442-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a5.3. 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 327 $a4. 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 327 $aTHE 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 327 $a5.1. 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 330 $aAlthough varieties of North American English have come in for a good deal of linguistic scrutiny in recent years, the vast majority of published works have dealt with American rather than Canadian English. This volume constitutes a welcome addition to our linguistic knowledge of English-speaking Canada. While the focus of the volume is primarily synchronic, several of the dozen papers it contains offer a diachronic perspective on Canadian English. 410 0$aVarieties of English around the world.$pGeneral series ;$v11. 606 $aEnglish language$xVariation$zCanada 606 $aEnglish language$xSocial aspects$zCanada 615 0$aEnglish language$xVariation 615 0$aEnglish language$xSocial aspects 676 $a427.971 701 $aClarke$b Sandra$0476910 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910829085103321 996 $aFocus on Canada$93929604 997 $aUNINA