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The English Language in Nova Scotia

 Author: Lilian Falk, Margaret Harry  Category: compendium  Publisher: Roseway Publishing  Published: January 1, 1999  ISBN: 978-1896496078  Tags: Canadiandialect | More Details
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Can we offer you some Patti-pans? Some fungee or lassybread? How about a derasifying padana?

Before you absquotilate in a dander, come aboard of this anthology, and explore some of the fascinating ways in which the English language has developed in Nova Scotia. This book covers such topics as pronunciation, semantics, grammatical structures, language contact, dialect features, ethnic and gender roles, nicknames, and place names.


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