Creating Canadian English : the professor, the mountaineer, and a national variety of English / Stefan Dollinger.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dollinger, Stefan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Canada--History.

English language.

English language--Dialects--Canada.

English language--Dialects.

English language--Variation.

History.

Canada.

English language--Variation--Canada.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 283 pages : illustrations (black and white), 1 map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Summary:

"This lively account of the making of Canadian English traces the variety's conceptual, social and linguistic developments from the twentieth century to the present. This book is not just another history of Canadian English; it is a history of the variety's discovery, codification, and eventual acceptance, as well as the contribution of the linguists behind it. Written by an active research linguist focusing on Canadian English, this book is an archive-based biography on multiple levels. Through a combination of new data and re-interpretations of existing studies, a new voice is given to earlier generations of Canadian linguists who, generally forgotten today, shaped the variety and how we think about it. Exploring topics such as linguistic description and codification, dictionary making, linguistic imperialism, linguistic attitudes, language and Canadian identity, or the threat of Americanisation, Dollinger presents a coherent, integrated and balanced account of developments spanning over almost a century"-- Provided by publisher.

"This lively account of the making of Canadian English traces the variety's conceptual, social and linguistic developments from the 20th century to the present. This book is not just another history of Canadian English; it is a history of the variety's discovery, codification, and eventual acceptance, as well as the contribution of the linguists behind it. Written by an active research linguist focussing on Canadian English, this book is an archive-based biography on multiple levels. Through a combination of new data and reinterpretations of existing studies, a new voice is given to earlier generations of Canadian linguists who, generally forgotten today, shaped the variety and how we think about it. Exploring topics such as linguistic description and codification, dictionary making, linguistic imperialism, linguistic attitudes, language and Canadian identity, or the threat of Americanisation, Dollinger presents a coherent, integrated and balanced account of developments spanning over almost a century"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

What is Canadian English?

The heritage of Canadian English

Avis pulls it off

The "technology": slips, slips, and more slips

1967

excitement and hype

Riding the wave of success

A global village and a national dictionary war

Decolonizing DCHP-1 and DCHP-2

Is there really a Canadian English?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

9781108497718

1108497713

9781108708753

1108708757

OCLC:

1076235669