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    French Loanwords in Canadian English: A Usage-Based Approach by Julie Rouaud

    “…This paper focuses on the semantic evolution of French loanwords adopted into Canadian English from the seventeenth century onwards. …”
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    I'm done my homework: Complement Coercion and Aspectual Adjectives in Canadian English by Patrick Murphy

    Published 2018-12-01
    “…This paper presents an eye-tracking study of the Canadian English ‘be done NP’ construction, e.g., ‘I am done/finished my homework’ (not to be confused with the dialect-neutral ‘I am done/finished WITH my homework’) to mean ‘I have finished my homework’. …”
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    Racism, identity and displacement in selected Canadian ethnic fictions by Lawrence Hill and M. G. Vassanji by Abbas, Hussein Ali

    Published 2019
    Subjects: “…Historical fiction, Canadian (English) - History and criticism…”
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    Intonation and Particles as Speech Act Modifiers: A Syntactic Analysis by Heim Johannes, Keupdjio Hermann, Lam Zoe Wai-Man, Osa-Gómez Adriana, Thoma Sonja, Wiltschko Martina

    Published 2016-12-01
    “…Data from nontonal (Canadian English) and tonal languages (Cantonese and Medumba) are analyzed for cross-linguistic comparison. …”
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    Gender-oriented Commonalities among Canadian and Iranian Englishes: An Analysis of Yes/No Question Variants by Laya Heidari Darani, Akbar Afghari

    Published 2010-05-01
    “…This study investigatesvariability in English yes/no questions as well as the commonalities among yes/no question variants produced by members of two different varieties of English: Canadian English native speakers and Iranian EFL learners.Further, it probes the role of gender in theEnglish yes/no question variants produced by Canadian English native speakers and those produced by Iranian EFL learners. …”
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    Canadian Dollar in the English Language Varieties: Corpus‑Based Study by Zigrīda Vinčela

    Published 2017-07-01
    “…The goal of this study is to find out in what Canadian English written texts loonie occurs and whether it is encountered in the other varieties of English by researching the corpora adapted for web access at Brigham Young University (BYU), the Strathy Corpus of Canadian English (SCCE), the Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) and the corpus of Global Web-Based English (GloWbE). …”
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    Some geographical varieties of Present day English in Canada by N F Bystrikova, E V Mussaui, C C Garcia-Caselles

    Published 2012-06-01
    “…The article deals with some lexical peculiarities in Canadian English.…”
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    Customize sneaker for promoting brand (principle footwear) / Ahmad Harith Ibrahim by Ibrahim, Ahmad Harith

    Published 2015
    “…Athletic shoes are also known as training shoes or trainers (British English), sandshoes, gym boots or joggers (Australian English and Geordie English in the UK), running shoes, runners or gutties (Canadian English, Australian English, and Hiberno-English), sneakers (North American English and New Zealand English), tennis shoes (North American English and Australian English), gym shoes, tennies, sports shoes, sneaks, tackies (South African English and Hiberno-English), rubber shoes (Philippine English) or canvers (Nigerian English).…”
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    “Dude” and “Dudette”, “Bro” and “Sis”: A Diachronic Study of Four Address Terms in the TV Corpus by Marie Flesch

    Published 2023-09-01
    “…They also show that familiarizers are more frequent in American English than in British and Canadian English, and that their frequency in the TV Corpus is genre-dependent, with animated series and reality television shows being more conducive to their use.…”
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    Giving the Slip: A Study of the Format and Content of Date Due Slips in Canadian Public Libraries by Jean T Hung, Lynne E.F. McKechnie

    Published 2014-11-01
    “…A survey was conducted of fifty-five Canadian English language public library systems to determine what sort of information is being printed on date due slips. …”
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    The Use of Wait as a Discourse-Pragmatic Marker in Spoken British English by Nazaret Camacho Salas

    Published 2022-12-01
    “…The study offers new light on the uses and functions of this DPM in the British English context and allows a comparison with the Canadian English data examined by Tagliamonte (Wait, It’s a Discourse Marker). …”
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