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Canadian English

Canadian English. General Features. Historical influence from British is seen in the vocabulary of Canadian English. Geographical influence from American English is seen in the phonology and syntax of Canadian English. Orthographically, the spelling is a blend of British and American English.

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Canadian English

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  1. CanadianEnglish

  2. General Features • Historical influence from British is seen in the vocabulary of Canadian English. • Geographical influence from American English is seen in the phonology and syntax of Canadian English. • Orthographically, the spelling is a blend of British and American English.

  3. Phonological Features • Canadian raising (=the diphthongs [aɪ] and [aʊ]become [ʌɪ] and [ʌʊ] • [əbʌʊt] rather than [əbaʊt] (‘about ‘) • Words of French origin pronounced as in French • [ni:ʃ] rather than [nɪtʃ] (‘niche’) • More faithful to spelling • [əˈɡeɪn(st)] rather than [əˈɡɛn(st)] (‘again’ ‘against’) • [bi:n] rather than [bɪn] (‘been’)

  4. Lexical Feataures • Influence of British English vocabulary • tin (‘can’), cutlery (‘silverware’), serviette (‘napkin’), tap (‘faucet’), chips (‘French fries’)

  5. Syntactic Features • Tag question with ‘eh’ • "It's four kilometres away, eh, so I have to go by bike." (‘eh?’ is used to confirm the attention of the listener and to invite a supportive noise such as mm or oh or okay.)

  6. Dialect Diversity • Both socially and regionally, Canada has very little diversity compared to the US. • English and French are the two official languages. 60% of the population speak English as their first language, while 23% French.

  7. Canadian English • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Nen_hH2rBs&feature=related • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW9cect-GHc

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