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Publication details [#697]

Aleong, Stanley. 1981. Lexical variation in Quebec French ice hockey terminology: A historical perspective. In Sankoff, David and Henriette Cedergren, eds. Variation omnibus. Linguistic Research. pp. 463–470.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

ice hockey terminology | lexical change | lexical variability | social context

Language as a subject

French, Quebecois

Annotation

A. shows, from an ethnohistorical perspective, that the kind of variation found in the Quebec French terminology of ice hockey has its causes in the low socio-economic status of French in the sport in general and the effects of correction and social distinction through language.