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Date: 05-Mar-2010
From: Derek Irwin < dirwin at lakeheadu.ca >
Subject: Creating Canadian English: A systemic functional linguistic analysis of First Nations loanwords in early Canadian texts
 

	
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From: Derek Irwin [dirwin at lakeheadu.ca]
Subject: Creating Canadian English: A systemic functional linguistic analysis of First Nations loanwords in early Canadian texts

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Institution: York University, Toronto 
Program: English 
Dissertation Status: Completed 
Degree Date: 2008 

Author: Derek Irwin

Dissertation Title: Creating Canadian English: A systemic functional linguistic 
analysis of First Nations loanwords in early Canadian texts 

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis
                     Lexicography
                     Ling & Literature
                     Sociolinguistics
                     Text/Corpus Linguistics


Dissertation Director(s):
Michael Cummings
Len Early
John Lennox

Dissertation Abstract:

This dissertation presents the results of my exploration of the interactions among linguistic 
strata through close lexicogrammatical analyses of Canadian aboriginal loanwords in the 
context of early Canadian English texts, using the tool of systemic functional linguistics.  
Based on the examination of hundreds of these contextual examples, I argue that the same 
tension which existed (and exists) between English-speaking settlers and the Native population 
is reflected in the appropriation of words from aboriginal languages: Essentially, these words 
are simultaneously employed for an exoticism that borders on fantasy while also evoking the 
fear of the wild so prevalent within interactions among the inhabitants of Canada. This tension 
is evident at the level of the context of culture, and is also reflected in the use of these terms in 
their lexicogrammatical contexts. Further, because these words are considered an essential part 
of Canadian English and its distinctiveness, such connotational meaning embedded within them 
provides a valuable insight into not only the words themselves but also the culture which 
employs them. 




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