1st Edition

Speaking Canadian English An Informal Account of the English Language in Canada

By Mark M. Orkin Copyright 2015
    290 Pages
    by Routledge

    304 Pages
    by Routledge

    What do English-speaking Canadians sound like and why? Can you tell the difference between a Canadian and an American? A Canadian and an Englishman? If so, how? Linguistically speaking is Canada a colony of Britain or a satellite of the United States? Is there a Canadian language?

    Speaking Canadian English, first published in 1971, in a non-technical way, describes English as it is spoken in Canada – its vocabulary, pronunciation, syntax, grammar, spelling, slang. This title comments on the history of Canadian English – how it came to sound the way it does – and attempts to predict what will happen to it in the future. This book will be of interest to students of linguistics.

    Preface;  List of Abbreviations;  1. Introduction  2. Hallmarks  3. The Origins of Canadian English  4. Its Ingredients  5. Pronunciation  6. Spelling and Syntax  7. Its Names  8. Slang  9. The Future of Canadian English;  List of Words and Phrases;  Bibliography;  Index

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