Prelim pages

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. “Lawless and vulgar innovations” 1
5. Canadian English lexicography 27
6. The hobgoblin of Canadian English spelling 45
7. The planting of Anglo-Irish in Newfoundland 65
8. The Americanization of Canadian pronunciation 85
9. African American English in the diaspora 109
10. A synchronic study of English spoken in Ottawa 151
11. Linguistic symmetries, asymmetries, and border effects within a Canadian/American sample 179
12. A sociolinguistic analysis of Canadian English in Saskatchewan 201
13. Retracting of /æ/ in Vancouver English 229
14. Comparative sociolinguistics of (aw)-fronting 247
15. Local patterns and markers of speech in Vancouver English 269
16. Addresses of authors 295
17. Index 297