Creating Canadian English

By Stefan Dollinger

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108497713
• ISBN13: 9781108497718
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.2" x 6.4"