Phonetic Indicators of Ethnicity in Montreal's English-Speaking Community

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Author/collaborator
Title
Phonetic Indicators of Ethnicity in Montreal's English-Speaking Community
Abstract
The history of immigration to Montreal has ensured the multi-ethnic character of its English-speaking community. The author argues that the self-segregation of many large ethnic groups in separate neighbourhoods, together with the local status of English as a minority language, have fostered greater ethnic diversity in the types of native English spoken in Montreal than in other Canadian cities. The author reports on an acoustic study of ethno-phonetic differences in Montreal English among speakers of British, Italian and Jewish ethnic origins.
Publication
Canadian Diversity/Diversité canadienne
Volume
Vol. 8
Issue
no. 2
Pages
13-17
Date
Spring 2010
Language
en
URL
Citation
Boberg, Charles. “Phonetic Indicators of Ethnicity in Montreal’s English-Speaking Community.” Canadian Diversity/Diversité canadienne Vol. 8, no. 2 (Spring 2010): 13–17. http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/633158/9324644/1289241710847/Spring+2010.pdf?token=%2FZ5n70Dp8KP74kwP5lcLm8gNLkI%3D.
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