Linguistics 1028A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Newfoundland English, Speech Community, Quebec French
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Newfoundland english the water separates them. Speech community is not influenced by any outside factors. The changes that occur in the language spoken in one area or group do not necessarily spread to another. Impede transmission of linguistic changes and reinforce dialectal differences. Political separation: border between us/canada although isolation is less pronounced today there is no evidence to show that dialect levelling (movement toward greater uniformity) is underway despite increased communication among geographically distant communities. Settled early (before mid-1800s) by settlers from southwestern england and southeastern ireland: due to the geographical isolation newfoundland english retains many distinct features. Shibboleth stereotype of a speech community. Raising or tensing of front lax vowels. Dialect geographers have historically focused on the speech of norms non-mobile older rural male. Greatest influx of dialect came from us midland dialect.