The summary of the chapter 2 “Linguistic Enclaves” of “Canadian English”
According to the author, J.K.Chambers of “Canadian English”(Methuen Publications, 1975), this chapter mainly stated that how dialects in both Newfoundland and Nova Scotia were formed and their characteristics of syntax and phonology. Consequently, it explained that many dialect features of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia differed from usual Canadian English.
First of all, the author insisted that Newfoundland dialect was greatly influenced by its fishery, resulting in creating many new words relevant to fishery, attributing itself to the British and expressing Newfoundland’s own particularity. In this way, it also produced the sub-regional dialect and was influenced by the Irish, too
Second of all, he presented that the dialect in Lunenburg in Nova Scotia was affected by German, which was the primary language of the settlers. Furthermore, other two languages, French and English were involved in the language; nevertheless, two languages vanished except English. Additionally, due to the proximity to the surrounding area, the dialect of Halifax has strong relationship with Massachusetts one. Therefore, Lunenburg pronunciation developed independently.
Third of all, Lunenburg Dutch was also observed by the author, telling us that it was not a German dialect. Moreover, it has different pronunciation from others in Canada. And, its vocabulary and syntax are amusement, distinguishing itself from the others, indicating us that the dialect was additionally affected by the New England states, instead of German.
In conclusion, J.K. Chambers insisted that the dialects mentioned above were considerably differentiated from the others, producing their characters. Needless to say, the existence of Germany and Dutch played a great role in addition to English and in part, Yankee English.
Akinori Watanabe
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4 comments:
Hi Akinory!
Honestly, to me your topic was a bit challengeable. Otherwise it could be nice chance to hearing about new things and I'm glad to seeing your summaries in your blog.
After reading your tasks, I found it very interesing that languges affected by regions and history.
Also I felt that your summary is strongly structured. I think I can learn some writhing skills from you. ^^
Hi, Akinori~
First, thanks for your comment in my blog.
You organized the author’s opinions well, and presented in an objective way. The summary is really orderly, and easy to follow. The development of the English was very complex; I think you did a good job on evaluating and understanding the material.
I’m not know much about linguistics, and even don’t know how English evolved. I think that’s good for me to get more information about it.
ohayo akinory sam!!!
Well i dont know much about this subject, but i found really interesnting the fact that some languages can vary according to hoew people use the languague. your summary was clear. i think you do an eceptional job with your summary. even thouhg the topic is quite challenageable, you were able to expalin en detail the main ideas of your text.
Hi, Akinori! Actually, I have a difficulty to call you like that...
By the way, I think this topic is quite difficult because it contains not only Canada, but othe countries in the world. However, your summary was clear about history and background of English, but I wanted to know more about how did they effect Canadian English.
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