Biff and whiff, baker’s fog and lu’sknikn, pie social and milling frolic – these are just a few examples of the distinctive language of Cape Breton Island

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How did a single genre of text have the power to standardise the English language across time and region, rival the Bible in notions of authority, and challenge

Second edition of this popular Handbook bringing together stimulating discussions of core English linguistics topics in a single, authoritative volume—include

This book details the development of eleven modal auxiliaries in late 18th- and 19th-century Canadian English in a framework of new-dialect formation. The study