Ethnic Divergence in Montreal English
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| Title |
Ethnic Divergence in Montreal English
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| Abstract |
The author reports on his study of ethnic variation in the phonetics of Montreal English. The speech of 93 native speakers of Montreal English from three ethnic groups -- British-Irish, Italian and Jewish -- was recorded and subjected to acoustic analysis. The author identified several statistically significant differences among the ethnic groups. He found that while Jewish Montrealers show some signs of convergence with the British-origin standard, Italians — especially young Italian men — appear to be diverging from that model. The author suggestes that the unusual persistence and even intensification of ethno-phonetic variation in English-speaking Montreal reflects both the residential and social self-segregation of its ethnic communities and the local dominance of French.
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Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique
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| Volume |
Vol. 59
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no. 1
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| Pages |
55-82
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| Date |
March 2014
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| Language |
en
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| Citation |
Boberg, Charles. “Ethnic Divergence in Montreal English.” Canadian Journal of Linguistics/Revue canadienne de linguistique Vol. 59, no. 1 (March 2014): 55–82.
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