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Meaning of "Canadian English" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CANADIAN ENGLISH

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CANADIAN ENGLISH

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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Canadian English is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CANADIAN ENGLISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Canadian English

Canadian English is the variety of English spoken in Canada. English is the first language, or "mother tongue", of approximately 24 million Canadians, and more than 28 million are fluent in the language. 82% of Canadians outside Quebec speak English natively, but within Quebec the figure drops to just 7.7%, as most residents are native speakers of Quebec French. Canadian English contains elements of British English and American English in its vocabulary, as well as many distinctive Canadianisms. In many areas, speech is influenced by French. There are notable local variations. The phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax and lexicon for most of Canada are similar to that of the Western and Midland regions of the United States. The Canadian Great Lakes region has similarities to that of the Upper Midwest & Great Lakes region and/or Yooper dialect, while the phonological system of western and central Canadian English is similar in some aspects to that of the Pacific Northwest of the United States.

Definition of Canadian English in the English dictionary

The definition of Canadian English in the dictionary is the English language as spoken in Canada.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CANADIAN ENGLISH

Canada balsam
Canada Day
Canada goose
Canada jay
Canada lily
Canada thistle
Canadarm
Canadian
Canadian Alliance
Canadian bacon
Canadian elk
Canadian fleabane
Canadian football
Canadian Forces
Canadian French
Canadian pondweed
Canadian River
Canadian Shield
Canadian whisky
Canadianism

WORDS THAT END LIKE CANADIAN ENGLISH

American English
basic English
Chinglish
Dalglish
Early English
English
half-English
Hinglish
King´s English
Middle English
Modern English
Old English
Oxford English
pidgin English
polish
queen´s English
Singlish
Spanglish
Standard English
the English
un-English

Synonyms and antonyms of Canadian English in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Canadian English» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CANADIAN ENGLISH

Find out the translation of Canadian English to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Canadian English from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Canadian English» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

加拿大英语
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

canadiense Inglés
570 millions of speakers

English

Canadian English
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कनाडा के अंग्रेजी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الكندي الإنجليزية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

канадский английский
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Inglês Canadense
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কানাডিয়ান ইংরেজি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

anglais canadien
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bahasa Inggeris Kanada
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

kanadisches Englisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

カナダ英語
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

캐나다 영어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Canadian English
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Anh Canada
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கனேடிய ஆங்கிலம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॅनेडियन इंग्रजी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kanada İngilizcesi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Canadian English
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kanadyjski angielski
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Канадський англійська
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

canadian English
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Canadian English
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Kanadese Engels
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Canadian English
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

canadisk engelsk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Canadian English

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CANADIAN ENGLISH»

The term «Canadian English» is regularly used and occupies the 73.218 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of Canadian English
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «Canadian English».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CANADIAN ENGLISH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Canadian English» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Canadian English» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Canadian English

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CANADIAN ENGLISH»

Discover the use of Canadian English in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Canadian English and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Guide to Canadian English Usage: The Essential English ...
The complexities of the English language can be daunting for even the most fluent speakers, and for Canadians this is doubly so with the mixture of British and American traditions.
Margery Fee, Janice McAlpine, 2011
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Discourses of Domination: Racial Bias in the Canadian ...
Applying critical discourse analysis as their principal methodology, Frances Henry and Carol Tator investigate the way in which the media produce, reproduce, and disseminate racist thinking through language and discourse.
Frances Henry, Carol Tator, 2002
3
Canadian English
Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: good, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel (Applied Linguistics), course: Language Variation and Change, language: English, ...
Yana Lobunez, 2009
4
The English Language in Canada: Status, History and ...
The review of its history concentrates on the historical roots and patterns of English-speaking settlement that established Canadian English and influenced its character in each region of Canada.
Charles Boberg, 2010
5
The Identity of Canadian English
The problem of a separate Canadian linguistic identity becomes best apparent in the various ways in which Canadian English has been defined by linguists as quoted by Gorlach: "Canadian English is a fairly recent hybrid which resembles ...
Kirsten Vera Van Rhee, 2013
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Editing Canadian English
Overall, this guide outlines where convention dictates certain usage and where a style decision comes down to choice.
Catherine Cragg, 2000
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The Cambridge History of the English Language
12.3 The study of Canadian English Good surveys of Canadian English are by Richard Bailey (1982), Margery Fee (1992a, 1992b), and J. K. Chambers (1998). Despite the existence of several bibliographies (Bahr; Avis and Kinloch; ...
Richard M. Hogg, Norman Francis Blake, Roger Lass, 1992
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The Atlas of North American English: Phonetics, Phonology, ...
The regionʼs European population is too sparsely settled, too diverse in origin, and too recently arrived to have produced an identifiable, homogeneous dialect distinct from southern Canadian English, while its large Aboriginal population ...
William Labov, Sharon Ash, Charles Boberg, 2006
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A Handbook of Varieties of English: Morphology and syntax
Introduction As recently as 1 948, Morton Bloomfield ( 1 948: 59) was justified in remarking that very little research had been devoted to Canadian English, especially in comparison to American or British English. The projected Linguistic Atlas ...
Edgar Werner Schneider, Bernd Kortmann, 2004
10
Writing Canadian English: A Beginning, Student Workbook, 2e
A Beginning, Student Workbook, 2e Sheridan Anderson, M. Elaine Sorensen. English as a Second Language Beginning Student Workbook Learning English can be fun when you add a dash of Canadian culture and a pinch of extracurricular ...
Sheridan Anderson, M. Elaine Sorensen, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CANADIAN ENGLISH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Canadian English is used in the context of the following news items.
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Can new immigrants benefit from accent reduction courses?
... are pronounced differently, and many longer words have different stresses than in Canadian English. Speaking too quickly is another issue. «CanIndia News, Jul 15»
2
Putting the accent on citizenship
Which is the “real” Canadian English? That heard in Newfoundland or in Cape Breton? The language spoken in Parliament or the 10 distinct ... «NOW Magazine, Jul 15»
3
Apple Music now available in Canada starting at $9.99 per month …
There is a section of Canadian English and Canadian Francophone stations, which appear to be pumping out some excellent tunes (with only ... «MobileSyrup.com, Jun 15»
4
A black president speaks about race and no one hears
The "N-word," now a fixture in American and Canadian English, is just a slippery proxy that allows the speaker to piously claim distance from ... «CBC.ca, Jun 15»
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Jewish Montrealers number about 90,000. Boberg has also written a forthcoming book on Canadian English. Born to a Canadian father and an ... «90 Minutes Soccer Magazine, Jun 15»
6
Catherine Glazer: That, like, literally means the opposite of what you …
I was looking forward to the gentle, clean southwest Canadian English. While notorious for being boring, the Ontario accent is somehow ... «National Post, Jun 15»
7
Racial Stereotyping Changes How We Hear People Talk
The study used recordings by 12 native speakers of Canadian English. Half of the speakers were self-identified as white, while the others self-identified as ... «Big Think, May 15»
8
Watchwords: Words that make Canadian English distinct mostly are …
Americans would call this a sofa, but in Canadian English, it's a chesterfield. Marie-France Coallier / Montreal Gazette files. Share Adjust ... «Montreal Gazette, May 15»
9
Telefilm Canada and the Rogers Group of Funds announce their …
... 2015 /CNW Telbec/ - Telefilm Canada and the Rogers Group of Funds are pleased to announce the latest Canadian English-language and ... «Canada NewsWire, Apr 15»
10
Canadian Book Sales Dipped in 2014
The nonprofit organization's annual report, “The Canadian Book Market,” tracks 85% of print book sales in the Canadian English-language ... «Publishers Weekly, Apr 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Canadian English [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/canadian-english>. Apr 2024 ».
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