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Leslie Diaz Baeza

Leslie Diaz Baeza. History and origins. Canadian English as a hybrid of British and American Englishes . It also has influence for french . This variety of english is a product of four waves of immigrations , the most important ones : The Loyalists form Northern America

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Leslie Diaz Baeza

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  1. Leslie Diaz Baeza

  2. History and origins • Canadian English as a hybrid of British and American Englishes. Italso has influenceforfrench. • Thisvariety of englishis a product of fourwaves of immigrations, themost important ones: • TheLoyalistsformNorthernAmerica • FromBritain and Ireland • Fromfrance

  3. Spelling… • Canadian English combines both American and British rules… • In someFrench-derivedwords, Canadian English retainsthe British Spelling Color-Honour-centre • In oder cases both Canadian and American English differform British, in spellingwordssuch as Tire and Curve

  4. Canadian English retainsthepractice of British English of doublingconsonantwhenaddingsuffixestowordsevenwhenthesyllableisnotestressed: Travelled / Traveled

  5. PhonemicIncidence • Words of frenchorigin, such as Corissantorniche are pronounced as theywouldbe in french, so: /kɹəˈsɒn(t)/ /niʃ/ • Wordssuch as adult-composite and proyect are givenemphasisonthefirstsyllable as in Britain. • lever /ˈlivə/ - either and neither are more commonly /ˈaɪðər/ and /ˈnaɪðər/

  6. Regional Variations

  7. Western and Central Dialects As in North American English, these regions are characterized by the Rothic accent. • Canadian Rising It is the most relevant feature of Canadian English, Here the dipthongs /aɪ/ and /aʊ/ are "raised" before the voiced consonants; /p/ /t/ /k/ and /f/ as in writer

  8. Thelow-blackmerger and the Canadian shift • Thisfirsttermconsistsonth complete merger of thevowel /ɔ/ and /ɑ/ by [ɒ](Caught and cotrespectively) • Resultingfromthismerger and thespace in articulationthatitleaves a low-frontvowelis /æ/ isretractedto a low-central articulation. Theresultistheultilization of thesamevoweltowordssuch as; stack and stock.

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