British Columbia English

E300795

British Columbia English is a regional variety of Canadian English spoken in the province of British Columbia, characterized by distinct pronunciation, vocabulary, and influences from Indigenous and immigrant languages.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dialect of English ⓘ
regional variety of Canadian English ⓘ
associatedWith contact with Salishan languages ⓘ
contact with Wakashan languages ⓘ
multicultural urban speech in Vancouver ⓘ
consideredPartOf Western Canadian English ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
hasFeature /æ/ tensing before nasals ⓘ
Canadian Shift in short front vowels ⓘ
Canadian raising of /aɪ/ and /aʊ/ ⓘ
cot–caught merger ⓘ
fronted realization of /uː/ ⓘ
regional slang associated with cannabis culture ⓘ
regional slang associated with outdoor recreation and skiing ⓘ
relatively weak Canadian raising compared to some other regions ⓘ
rhotic pronunciation ⓘ
use of Canadian lexical items such as "loonie" and "toonie" ⓘ
use of Canadian lexical items such as "runners" for athletic shoes ⓘ
use of Canadian lexical items such as "washroom" ⓘ
use of discourse marker "eh" ⓘ
use of discourse marker "right" sentence-finally ⓘ
use of intensifier "super" in informal speech ⓘ
vocabulary related to coastal geography and climate ⓘ
hasInfluenceFrom American English ⓘ
British English ⓘ
Chinook Jargon ⓘ
Immigrant languages in British Columbia ⓘ
Indigenous languages of British Columbia ⓘ
hasPhonologySimilarTo Pacific Northwest English ⓘ
Western Canadian English ⓘ
hasVariationWithin Interior British Columbia English ⓘ
Vancouver English ⓘ
Vancouver Island English ⓘ
languageBranch Germanic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European languages ⓘ
languageSubbranch West Germanic languages ⓘ
partOf Canadian English ⓘ
regionType coastal English variety ⓘ
spokenIn British Columbia ⓘ
Vancouver ⓘ
Victoria ⓘ
studiedInField dialectology ⓘ
sociolinguistics ⓘ
timePeriod modern English ⓘ
usedIn education in British Columbia ⓘ
government in British Columbia ⓘ
media in British Columbia ⓘ
usesStandard Canadian spelling ⓘ
writingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chinook Jargon → hasLoanwordsIn → British Columbia English ⓘ
British Columbia English → hasVariationWithin → Vancouver English ⓘ
linked to: British Columbia English
British Columbia English → hasVariationWithin → Interior British Columbia English ⓘ
linked to: British Columbia English
British Columbia English → hasVariationWithin → Vancouver Island English ⓘ
linked to: British Columbia English