A Perceptual Dialectology of Anglophone Canada from the Perspective of Young Albertans and Ontarians

McKinnie, Meghan; Dailey-O’Cain, Jennifer

doi:10.1075/z.hpd2.20mck

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“…Present-day traditional "english" and "Irish" Newfoundland dialects are readily distinguishable from mainland Canadian english. attitudinal studies conducted in the province itself (e.g., Clarke 1982) have found evaluations similar to those noted above for northern english varieties while studies conducted outside the province, in mainland Canada, report overall negative stereotyping (e.g., McKinnie & Dailey-O'Cain 2002).…”

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Journal of English Linguistics

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“…Auer et al (2005: 29) summarily state: Borders often have an effect on change, leading mainly to dd [dialect diversification] between dialects on either side of the border, and simultaneously dc [dialect convergence] between dialects on the same side. Borders are natural (e.g., rivers, swamp areas, mountain chains) or made by humans (tribal, political, and ecclesiastical boundaries). Perceptual dialectology (Preston & Long, 1999–2002) has shown that folk perceptions and linguistic attitudes play an important part in identity formation processes (for Canada, see McKinnie & Dailey-O’Cain, 2002). Britain (2010) considers perceptual elements, together with linguistic and social aspects, the vantage points of interpretations of space in dialectology.…”

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Debunking “pluri-areality”: On the pluricentric perspective of national varieties

Dollinger

2019

J. of Ling. Geography

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Pluricentric approaches to international varieties have been a mainstay in English dialectology since the 1980s, often implied rather than expressed. What is standard lore in many philologies is today questioned in one philology, however. This paper assesses the pros and cons of the so-called “pluri-areal” perspective, which has in the past few years become prominent in German dialectology. Intended to replace the pluricentric model, “pluri-arealist” perspectives affect the modelling of German standard varieties in Austria and Switzerland, among others. Attempting to falsify claims on both sides, this paper argues from an English-German comparative perspective that the idiosyncratic treatment of national varieties in one context is a problem that threatens the unity of the field regarding how the standard is seen in relation to other varieties. It is shown that the base of the “pluri-areal” paradigm is an a-theoretical perspective of geographical variation that adheres implicitly to a One Standard German Axiom. This meta-theoretical paper suggests three principles to prevent such terminologically-fuelled confusion henceforth.

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English in Canada

Dollinger¹

2019

The Handbook of World Englishes

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A Perceptual Dialectology of Anglophone Canada from the Perspective of Young Albertans and Ontarians

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