Canadian English: A Linguistic Reader

Abstract

Topics covered in this reader include Canadian "demolinguistics" and dialect formation, the name "Canada", English vocabulary peculiar to Canada, the sounds of Canadian English (Canadian accents), "eh?" in Canadian English, Irish influences in Newfoundland and Ontario, the Black Loyalists of Nova Scotia and the speech of their descendants, regional differences in the English of Quebec and Newfoundland, the "Babel" of western Canada (Prince Rupert's Land) in the 18th and 19th centuries, and contemporary First Nations dialects of English.