Dictionary of Newfoundland English

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The Dictionary of Newfoundland English is a comprehensive reference work that records and explains the distinctive vocabulary, expressions, and usages of the English spoken in Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Dictionary of Newfoundland English canonical 6

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instanceOf dictionary ⓘ
reference work ⓘ
regional English dictionary ⓘ
academicDiscipline Canadian studies ⓘ
folklore studies ⓘ
linguistics ⓘ
aim to record and explain the distinctive vocabulary of Newfoundland and Labrador English ⓘ
associatedWith Memorial University of Newfoundland ⓘ
basedOn field recordings ⓘ
historical written sources ⓘ
oral interviews ⓘ
compiler G. M. Story ⓘ
J. D. A. Widdowson ⓘ
W. J. Kirwin ⓘ
contains headword entries ⓘ
idiomatic expressions ⓘ
regional place-related terms ⓘ
countryOfFocus Canada ⓘ
dateOfPublication 1982 ⓘ
editor G. M. Story ⓘ
J. D. A. Widdowson ⓘ
W. J. Kirwin ⓘ
focusesOn distinctive vocabulary of Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
expressions of Newfoundland and Labrador English ⓘ
usages of Newfoundland and Labrador English ⓘ
hasEdition second edition ⓘ
hasFeature etymological information ⓘ
historical citations ⓘ
pronunciation information ⓘ
regional usage notes ⓘ
usage labels ⓘ
hasOnlineVersion yes ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableFor documentation of Newfoundland English vocabulary ⓘ
preservation of regional speech traditions ⓘ
placeOfPublication Toronto ⓘ
publisher University of Toronto Press ⓘ
regionOfFocus Newfoundland and Labrador ⓘ
secondEditionYear 1990 ⓘ
subject Newfoundland English ⓘ
dialectology ⓘ
lexicography ⓘ
timeDepth early European settlement to 20th century ⓘ
usedBy folklorists ⓘ
general readers interested in Newfoundland culture ⓘ
historians ⓘ
lexicographers ⓘ
linguists ⓘ

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Newfoundland English → documentedIn → Dictionary of Newfoundland English ⓘ
G. M. Story → knownFor → Dictionary of Newfoundland English ⓘ
G. M. Story → notableWork → Dictionary of Newfoundland English ⓘ
G. M. Story → contributedTo → Dictionary of Newfoundland English ⓘ
J. D. A. Widdowson → knownFor → Dictionary of Newfoundland English ⓘ
J. D. A. Widdowson → notableWork → Dictionary of Newfoundland English ⓘ