Earlier North American Englishes
Earlier North American Englishes

Author: Merja Kytö

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Published: 2022-07-15

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 9027257949

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Varieties of English in the U.S. and Canada display fascinating developments from colonial times up until the twenty-first century. To throw light on the linguistics of North American Englishes and their socio-historical contexts, this volume brings together research from various traditions, including corpus linguistics, variation studies, dialectology, historical sociolinguistics, historical pragmatics, language ideology, and the enregisterment framework. In the ten chapters of the volume, a wide variety of sources, published and unpublished, containing evidence of past language use in the U.S. and Canada are introduced and exploited for novel insights. Among the research questions addressed are the following: how to best model the emergence of new varieties of English in North America? Are morphological Americanisms historical retentions, post-colonial revivals, or progressive innovations? What is distinctly Canadian in the context of North American Englishes? How can synchronic dialects be used to examine trajectories of change in the history of Canadian English?

The American Speaker
The American Speaker

Author: John Frost

Publisher:

Published: 2023-07-18

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781019533635

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The American Speaker is a comprehensive guide to public speaking that offers practical tips and exercises to help speakers improve their delivery and style. From the basics of pronunciation and inflection to the nuances of accent and emphasis, this book covers all the essential elements of effective oratory. In addition, it includes a wealth of speeches and extracts from great orators such as Patrick Henry, Daniel Webster, and Abraham Lincoln, giving readers a chance to study and emulate some of the most influential speakers in American history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The American Speaker
The American Speaker

Author: John Frost

Publisher: Andesite Press

Published: 2015-08-11

Total Pages: 456

ISBN-13: 9781298649614

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.