Maritime English
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Maritime English is a regional variety of Canadian English spoken in Canada’s Atlantic provinces, characterized by distinctive vocabulary, pronunciation, and expressions influenced by the region’s maritime heritage.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
dialect
ⓘ
regional variety of Canadian English ⓘ variety of English ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Atlantic Canadian identity
ⓘ
coastal communities ⓘ fishing communities ⓘ |
| basedOn | Canadian English ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
Canadian English
ⓘ
surface form:
Ontario English
Canadian English ⓘ
surface form:
Standard Canadian English
Prairie English ⓘ
surface form:
Western Canadian English
|
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
distinctive expressions
ⓘ
distinctive pronunciation ⓘ distinctive vocabulary ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
distinctive intonation patterns
ⓘ
non-rhotic or variably rhotic pronunciation in some areas ⓘ regional lexical items not common in other parts of Canada ⓘ |
| hasRegister | primarily spoken register ⓘ |
| hasStatus | informal regional variety ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Acadian French
ⓘ
British English ⓘ Irish English ⓘ Mi’kmaq languages ⓘ Scottish English ⓘ fishing industry terminology ⓘ maritime heritage of Atlantic Canada ⓘ seafaring culture ⓘ shipbuilding terminology ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Germanic languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Indo-European languages ⓘ |
| partOf |
Canadian English
ⓘ
surface form:
Canadian English dialect continuum
|
| region |
Atlantic Canada
ⓘ
surface form:
Atlantic provinces of Canada
Maritime Provinces ⓘ
surface form:
Maritimes
|
| spokenIn |
Atlantic Canada
ⓘ
New Brunswick ⓘ Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ Nova Scotia ⓘ Prince Edward Island ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
dialectology
ⓘ
sociolinguistics ⓘ |
| subBranch |
Anglic languages
ⓘ
West Germanic languages ⓘ |
| timePeriod | modern era ⓘ |
| usedBy | residents of Atlantic Canada ⓘ |
| usedIn |
everyday conversation
ⓘ
local media ⓘ regional storytelling traditions ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin script ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
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