Format:
Online Ressource (xxii, 355 p.)
,
ill., maps.
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
9789027285232
,
9027285233
Series Statement:
Studies in language companion series 0165-7763 v. 97
Content:
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.
Content:
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.
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-349) and index. - Description based on print version record
Additional Edition:
1283092328
Additional Edition:
9781283092326
Additional Edition:
9789027231086
Additional Edition:
9027231087
Additional Edition:
9789027231086
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Dollinger, Stefan New-dialect formation in Canada Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub, ©2008
Language:
English
Keywords:
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