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Author | : Fabian Zschiesche |
Publisher | : GRIN Verlag |
Total Pages | : 20 |
Release | : 2017-06-20 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 3668466599 |
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Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,0, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, language: English, abstract: In this text the author will try to explain what a variety of a language actually is and what other varieties of Modern English exist, before he goes into further detail explaining the origins of Standard Canadian English and its distinctive linguistic features which are in fact very difficult to detect if it is not known that they exist.
Author | : Alexander Bergs |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 2017-10-23 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 3110525046 |
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This volume is one of the first detailed expositions of the history of different varieties of English. It explores language variation and varieties of English from an historical perspective, covering theoretical topics such as diffusion and supraregionalization as well as concrete descriptions of the internal and external historical developments of more than a dozen varieties of English.
Author | : Raymond Hickey |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 391 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9027249016 |
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This volume is concerned with assessing fictional and non-fictional written texts as linguistic evidence for earlier forms of varieties of English. These range from Scotland to New Zealand, from Canada to South Africa, covering all the major forms of the English language around the world. Central to the volume is the question of how genuine written representations are. Here the emphasis is on the techniques and methodology which can be employed when analysing documents. The vernacular styles found in written documents and the use of these as a window on earlier spoken modes of different varieties represent a focal concern of the book. Studies of language in literature, which were offered in the past, have been revisited and their findings reassessed in the light of recent advances in variationist linguistics.
Author | : James A. Walker |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 162 |
Release | : 2015-06-05 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1135913692 |
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This textbook is the only one of its kind to introduce the study of Canadian English in the context of basic concepts of linguistics and sociolinguistics. The book provides foundational information on linguistic principles and on the different branches of sociolinguistics, ranging from the large-scale ‘macro’ study of language usage (the sociology of language, dialect surveys) to the ‘micro’ study of language use (sociophonetics, sociolinguistic variation and change). Each chapter highlights the different ways of collecting and analyzing data, including census data and historical texts, surveys and questionnaires, publically available corpora, and interviews. Mini-projects at the end of each chapter offer hands-on experience with the methods presented in the chapter. In addition to discussing the classic works in the study of Canadian English, this book engages with such contemporary issues as new-dialect formation, language and social identity, and ongoing language change, making it key reading for students taking courses in the areas of Canadian English, varieties of English, language variation, and sociolinguistics.
Author | : Charles Boberg |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2010-08-26 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 113949144X |
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The English Language in Canada examines the current status, history and principal features of Canadian English, focusing on the 'standard' variety heard across the country today. The discussion of the status of Canadian English considers the number and distribution of its speakers, its relation to French and other Canadian languages and to American English, its status as the expressive medium of English Canadian culture and its treatment in previous research. The review of its history concentrates on the historical roots and patterns of English-speaking settlement that established Canadian English and influenced its character in each region of Canada. The analysis of its principal features compares the vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar of Canadian English to standard British and American English. Subsequent chapters examine variation and change in the vocabulary and pronunciation of Canadian English, while a final chapter briefly considers the future of Canadian English.
Author | : Daniel Schreier |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2010-03-04 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1139487418 |
Download The Lesser-Known Varieties of English Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This is the first ever volume to compile sociolinguistic and historical information on lesser-known, and relatively ignored, native varieties of English around the world. Exploring areas as diverse as the Pacific, South America, the South Atlantic and West Africa, it shows how these varieties are as much part of the big picture as major varieties and that their analysis is essential for addressing some truly important issues in linguistic theory, such as dialect obsolescence and death, language birth, dialect typology and genetic classification, patterns of diffusion and transplantation and contact-induced language change. It also shows how close interwoven fields such as social history, contact linguistics and variationist sociolinguistics are in accounting for their formation and maintenance, providing a thorough description of the lesser-known varieties of English and their relevance for language spread and change.
Author | : Matthew Henry Scargill |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : Canadianisms |
ISBN | : |
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A study of the spoken language of school students and their parents across Canada.
Author | : Raymond Hickey |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 445 |
Release | : 2012-12-06 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0521763894 |
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The first book-length exploration of 'standard Englishes' with contributions by the leading experts on each major variety of English discussed.
Author | : Stefan Dollinger |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9027231087 |
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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 innovations. The findings are based on the "Corpus of Early Ontario English," "pre-Confederation Section, "the first electronic corpus of early Canadian English. The data, which are drawn from newspapers, diaries and letters, include original transcriptions from manuscript sources and texts from semi-literate writers. While the overall results are generally coherent with new-dialect formation theory, the Ontarian context suggests a number of adaptations to the current model. In addition to its general Late Modern English focus, "New-Dialect Formation in Canada" traces changes in epistemic modal functions up to the present day, offering answers to the loss of root uses in the central modals. By comparing Canadian with British and American data, important theoretical insights on the origins of the variety are gained. The study offers a sociohistorical perspective on a still understudied variety of North American English by combining language-internal features with settlement history in this first monograph-length, diachronic treatment of Canadian English in real time.
Author | : Manfred Görlach |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 277 |
Release | : 1995-01-01 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9027248710 |
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This collection of eight papers is a continuation of Manfred Görlach's previous collection Englishes with the author's most influential writings in the field of varieties of English