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Trofimovich, Pavel; Gatbonton, Elizabeth; Segalowitz, Norman – Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 2007
This study investigates whether second language (L2) phonological learning can be characterized as a gradual and systematically patterned replacement of nonnative segments by native segments in learners' speech, conforming to a two-stage implicational scale. We adopt a dynamic approach to language variation based on Gatbonton's (1975, 1978)…
Descriptors: Language Variation, Phonetics, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries

Mougeon, Raymond – Anthropological Linguistics, 1976
Studies the English-speaking and French-speaking populations of the Gaspe, focusing on socioeconomic status, mother tongue retention and bilingualism rates. This is followed by a detailed study of a small, linguistically mixed community in Gaspe East, reconstructing the community as it was in 1925 and describing it as it was in 1970. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, English, French, Language Maintenance
Trudgill, Peter – 2002
This book examines linguistic variation and change. Section 1, "Sociohistorical Linguistics," includes: (1) "British Vernacular Dialects in the Formation of American English: The Case of East Anglian 'Do'"; (2) "'Short o' in East Anglia and New England"; and (3) "Sociohistorical Linguistics and Dialect Survival:…
Descriptors: Black Dialects, Creoles, Foreign Countries, Language Maintenance

Grou, Francois – Langue Francaise, 1976
This bibliography cites studies concerning Quebec French done since 1965, and is a sequel to Dulong's 1966 bibliography. (Text is in French.) (CDSH/CLK)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Dialect Studies, French, Language Research

Beniak, Edouard; And Others – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1984
A sociolinguistic approach and ethnographic information are essential to the development of successful French native language instruction in Alberta and other francophone minority settings in Canada. Teachers should develop an appreciation of the local French and the sociocultural context to enhance students' motivation to learn and maintain their…
Descriptors: Dialects, Ethnography, Foreign Countries, French

Pratt, Terry K. – English Quarterly, 1980
Discusses results of a questionnaire survey on the use of dialect words by older adults in Canada's Prince Edward Island. (HTH)
Descriptors: Dialects, Etymology, Language Research, Language Usage

Douaud, P. – Anthropological Linguistics, 1979
Contrasts the situation of the French language and of sociolinguistic research in France and in Canada. (AM)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Ethnography, French, Language Research

Auger, Julie; Valdman, Albert; Dickinson, Barbara – Modern Language Journal, 1999
Two articles respond to Salien's editorial "Quebec French: Attitudes and Pedagogical Perspectives." The first deals with linguistic variation, particularly as it exists in Quebec French, and aims at familiarizing French students in the United States with variation in the language. The second describes circumstances that have led to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French, Language Attitudes, Language Variation

Roy, Sylvie – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2000
Examines how linguistic standard globalization in a call centre affects the value of bilingualism and the linguistic varieties of a francophone minority population. Bilingualism grants access to a job in the information and service sector, but since the emergence of linguistic standardization in this sector only a certain selection of individuals…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Business, Employment Potential, Foreign Countries
de Wolf, Gaelan Dodds – 1987
A study compared salient variables of Canadian English from two concurrent sociodialectal surveys, one for Ottawa, Ontario and one for Vancouver, British Columbia. Using the Labovian model of phonological variation in association with sociological parameters and other linguistic variables within each specific area, the analysis investigated four…
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics, English, Foreign Countries

English Journal, 1988
Presents personal opinions of high school teachers that reflect the linguistic diversity, literary treasures, and regional uniqueness of North America. (NH)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Dialect Studies, Language Typology, Language Usage

Laforest, Marty – Journal of Sociolinguistics, 1999
Discusses the centuries-old dispute in Quebec about whether the French spoken there is good or bad. The issue has a stake in public discourse between socially-valued and socially-stigmatized varieties of language. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Foreign Countries, French, Higher Education
Juhel, Denis – 1982
This study concerns the problems posed by modes of interlinguistic communication, translation, and individual bilingualism, on which depend the quality of relationships between two ethnic communities belonging to a single political entity. It also addresses a frequent question about the need for translation in a bilingual country like Canada. The…
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingualism, English, Foreign Countries
Darbelnet, Jean – Francais dans le Monde, 1979
Presents examples of vocabulary items and expressions which can be found in Canada, particularly in Quebec, and which would be misunderstood, or not understood at all, by the average Frenchman. (AM)
Descriptors: English, French, Language Variation, Lexicology

Nadasdi, Terry – Language Variation and Change, 1995
Analyzes two variants of subject doubling in Ontario French: a non-doubled variant and a doubled variant containing a clitic agreement marker. It is proposed that the doubled variant is favored when the clitic's default features match those of the subject NP (noun phrase), while lack of matching favors the non-doubled variant.(Author/JL)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French, Language Variation, Linguistic Theory