New-Dialect Formation In Canada Evidence from the English Modal Auxiliaries |
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| Author:
| Dollinger, Stefan |
| Series title: | Studies in Language Companion Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-90-272-8523-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2008 |
| Publisher: | John Benjamins Publishing Company
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $165.00 |
Book Description:
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The study in this book offers a sociohistorical perspective on a still understudied variety of North American English by combining language-internal features with settlement history in this first monograph-length, diachronic treatment of Canadian English in real time.
The study in this book offers a sociohistorical perspective on a still understudied variety of North American English by combining language-internal features with settlement history in this first monograph-length, diachronic treatment of Canadian English in real time.