Event
CWOQ: Canadian English and Canadian cultural identity
Saturday, October 21, 2006 12:00
McConnell Engineering Building
3480 rue University, Montreal, QC, H3A 0E9, CA
What linguistic features divide English Canadians along regional lines? Professor Charles Boberg has been conducting research into these questions at McGill for several years and is currently writing a book on the subject. He'll discuss the latest findings of his research on variation and change in Canadian English, with a special emphasis on the role of Canadian English in sustaining Canadian cultural identity.