Oat and a boat - diphthongs and identity in post-industrial Cape Breton

• Main Author: Gardner, Matthew Hunt, 1983-
• Other Authors: Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dept. of Linguistics
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: English language > Dialects > Nova Scotia > Cape Breton Island; English language > Diphthongs; High school students > Social conditions; High school students > Nova Scotia > Cape Breton Island > Social life and customs; Sociolinguistics > Nova Scotia > Cape Breton Island; Canada; Breton Island; Boberg; Newfoundland studies; University of Newfoundland
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/theses4/id/72116

Thesis (M.A.)--Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2010. Linguistics Includes bibliographical references (leaves 99-111) The following paper examines the use of /ay/ variation by high school age speakers in Industrial Cape Breton, on Canada's east coast - a community undergoing rapid social ch...