| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 355 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Studies in language companion series,
0165-7763 ;
v. 97
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Studies in language companion series ; v. 97.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-349) and index. |
| Contents |
New-Dialect Formationin Canada Evidence from the English modal auxiliaries; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; List of Maps; List of Figures; List of Tables; About this book; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 CANADIAN ENGLISH: A RESEARCH HISTORY OF THE 'OTHER' VARIETY OF NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH; 3 ONTARIO 1776-1850: AN EXTERNAL LANGUAGE HISTORY; 4 THE CORPUS OF EARLY ONTARIO ENGLISH, PRE-CONFEDERATION SECTION (CONTE-pC); 5 NEW-DIALECT FORMATION IN EARLY ONTARIO; 6 LATE MODERN ENGLISH MODAL AUXILIARIES: METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS. |
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7 CAN (COULD) vs. MAY (MIGHT)8 MUST vs. HAVE TO; 9 SHALL vs. WILL; 10 SHOULD, WOULD and OUGHT TO; 11 CONCLUSION; 12 APPENDICES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; General Index; The series Studies in Language Companion Series. |
| Summary |
This book details the development of eleven modal auxiliaries in late 18th- and 19th-century Canadian English in a framework of new-dialect formation. The study assesses features of the modal auxiliaries, tracing influences to British and American input varieties, parallel developments, or Canadian innovations. The findings are based on the Corpus of Early Ontario English, pre-Confederation Section, the first electronic corpus of early Canadian English. The data, which are drawn from newspapers, diaries and letters, include original transcriptions from manuscript sources and texts from semi-li. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English language -- Canada -- History.
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English language. |
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Canada. |
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History. |
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English language -- Dialects -- Canada.
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English language -- Dialects. |
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English language -- Variation -- Canada.
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English language -- Variation. |
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Canadianisms.
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Canadianisms. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Dollinger, Stefan. New-dialect formation in Canada. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2008 9789027231086 (DLC) 2007044469 (OCoLC)180204916 |
| ISBN |
9789027285232 (electronic book) |
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9027285233 (electronic book) |
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1283092328 |
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9781283092326 |
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9789027231086 |
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9027231087 |
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