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Walter Spencer Avis

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was one of the foremost Canadian linguists of his day. Throughout the 1950s to his death at age 60, Avis' mission has been described as "plant into the minds of his compatriots the notion of Canadian English (CanE) as related but different from other "Englishes"." In that sense, Avis
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in 1919, Avis belonged to the first generation of PhD-level trained linguists in Canada. He published as of 1950 in the areas of historical linguistics, dialectology, linguistic variation,
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Avis served with the Canadian Forces in Italy during the latter part oh World War II. Upon bis return to Canada, Avis finished bis mariculation (high school degree), while his wife
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Avis died in December 1979 from a heart attack. He left behind materials and data for a second edition of DCHP, which the remaining members of the editorial team,
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Avis, Walter S. (ed.-in-chief), Charles Crate, Patrick Drysdale, Douglas Leechman, Matthew H. Scargill and Charles J. Lovell (eds). 1967.
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in Ottawa in 1946. Faith was, at that time, was one of the most highly educated women in Canada. Avis received a B.A. in 1949 at
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Avis, Walter S., Patrick D. Drysdale, Robert J. Gregg, Victoria E. Neufeldt and Matthew H. Scargill (eds). 1983.
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Wa7 Xweysás I Nqwal'utteníha I Ucwalmícwa: He Loves the People's Languages. Essays in Honour of Henry Davis
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Avis, Walter S. 1955. Speech differences along the Ontario-United States border. II: Grammar and syntax.
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Avis, Walter S. 1956. Speech differences along the Ontario-United States border. III: Pronunciation.
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Avis, Walter S. 1954. Speech differences along the Ontario-United States border. I: Vocabulary.
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Creating Canadian English: The Professor, the Mountaineer, and a National Variety of English
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Creating Canadian English: the Professor, the Mountaineer, and a National Variety of English
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Foreword for DCHP-2 (2017) by Patrick Drysdale (DCHP-1 editorial board member), 2017.
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University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts alumni
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Writings on Canadian English, 1792-1975. An annotated bibliography.
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From 1952 to his death in 1979, Avis was professor of English at
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in January 1980; however, he died suddenly in December 1979.
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Avis was the editor-in-chief of the first edition of the
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Avis, Walter S. 1973. The English language in Canada In
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A Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles.
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Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles
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Index

World Englishes
Standard Canadian English
pluricentric
Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles
Toronto
Canadian English
Faith Avis
Carleton
Queen's University
University of Michigan
Royal Military College
Canadian Linguistic Association
American Dialect Society
Matthew H. Scargill
Douglas Leechman
Charles B. Crate
Patrick Drysdale
Charles J. Lovell
Laurel Brinton
Margery Fee
DCHP-1 Online


"Walter S. Avis - A Tribute"
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10.1075/eww.1.1.11dry
"The Story of Canadian English"
"How old is 'eh'? On the early history of a (Canadian) shibboleth"

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