Bridget L Jankowski
Biographic Data
| ID | 125476 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bridget L Jankowski |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bridget L |
| FAMILY NAME | Jankowski |
| SIGNATURE | JANKOWSKI B L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1250-3831 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Lexical variation of woods and bush in Ontario English
This paper examines ongoing lexical variability among words that describe areas with trees, such as woods, bush and forest , among others. The historical perspective shows ongoing semantic evolution of these terms, from wood(s) (c.825) to the emergence of bush in the late 16th century or early 17th century. We assess regional, social and linguistic patterns of variation in 1849 tokens, from individuals born in the late 1800s to early 200s across …
Subject dislocation in Ontario English
Subject dislocation (SD) is common across languages. In French, it is a vernacular norm. In English, it is comparatively rare. This article examines English SD in a unique contrastive situation in Ontario, Canada: two communities where SD is a community norm, one where individuals speak both English and French (Kapuskasing), and the other where the population speaks English only (Parry Sound). Dislocated subjects are produced by the same underlyi…
He come out and give me a beer but he never seen the bear
In this study, we examine variation in English strong verb preterite/participle morphology in four frequent verbs: came / come , saw / seen , gave / give and did / done , using data from more than a dozen Ontario communities, socially stratified by age, sex, occupation and education, representing a continuum of urban/rural locations and spanning more than 100 years in apparent-time. Comparative sociolinguistic methods and statistical modelling pe…
Up north there
Supper or dinner
The English words for daily meals constitute a complex lexical variable conditioned by social and linguistic factors. Comparative sociolinguistic analysis of 884 speakers from more than a dozen locations in Ontario, Canada reveals a synchronic system with social correlates that are reflexes of the British and American founder populations of the province. Toronto and Loyalist settlements in southern Ontario use the highest rates of dinner while no…
Golly, Gosh, and Oh My God! What North American Dialects can Tell Us about Swear Words
This article presents a synchronic quantitative study of nearly 3,000 words and expressions referring to 'God' in Ontario, Canada. The results expose a number of striking social and linguistic patterns. Using apparent time as a proxy for historical change, we discover that G-words have undergone a remarkable shift across the twentieth century. Euphemisms, such as Golly and Gosh, are quickly moving out of favor, and the expressions with God, parti…
I don't come off as timid anymore
The period from ages 18 to 25 is sometimes called 'emerging adulthood' (Arnett , ) since it has come to be characterized by major life transitions. Linguistically, this means that lifespan change in the individual (Sankoff , ) might be particularly likely during these years (Labov : 447; Bigham : 533; Kohn : 20). Addressing a need for more real-time sociolinguistic research on early adulthood, we employ data from a panel study of a single speaker…
Social work and linguistic systems
The system of stative possession has been subject to variation and change since at least the Early Modern period, with have got rising in frequency in British and Antipodean varieties of English. In Canadian English, as represented by data from the largest city, Toronto, have predominates. Nonetheless, the full set of constraints previously reported for this variable are operative, corroborating the longitudinal maintenance of linguistic factors …
Social work and linguistic systems
The system of stative possession has been subject to variation and change since at least the Early Modern period, with have got rising in frequency in British and Antipodean varieties of English. In Canadian English, as represented by data from the largest city, Toronto, have predominates. Nonetheless, the full set of constraints previously reported for this variable are operative, corroborating the longitudinal maintenance of linguistic factors …
Golly, Gosh, and Oh My God! What North American Dialects can Tell Us about Swear Words
This article presents a synchronic quantitative study of nearly 3,000 words and expressions referring to 'God' in Ontario, Canada. The results expose a number of striking social and linguistic patterns. Using apparent time as a proxy for historical change, we discover that G-words have undergone a remarkable shift across the twentieth century. Euphemisms, such as Golly and Gosh, are quickly moving out of favor, and the expressions with God, parti…
I don't come off as timid anymore
The period from ages 18 to 25 is sometimes called 'emerging adulthood' (Arnett , ) since it has come to be characterized by major life transitions. Linguistically, this means that lifespan change in the individual (Sankoff , ) might be particularly likely during these years (Labov : 447; Bigham : 533; Kohn : 20). Addressing a need for more real-time sociolinguistic research on early adulthood, we employ data from a panel study of a single speaker…
Up north there
Supper or dinner
The English words for daily meals constitute a complex lexical variable conditioned by social and linguistic factors. Comparative sociolinguistic analysis of 884 speakers from more than a dozen locations in Ontario, Canada reveals a synchronic system with social correlates that are reflexes of the British and American founder populations of the province. Toronto and Loyalist settlements in southern Ontario use the highest rates of dinner while no…
Lexical variation of woods and bush in Ontario English
This paper examines ongoing lexical variability among words that describe areas with trees, such as woods, bush and forest , among others. The historical perspective shows ongoing semantic evolution of these terms, from wood(s) (c.825) to the emergence of bush in the late 16th century or early 17th century. We assess regional, social and linguistic patterns of variation in 1849 tokens, from individuals born in the late 1800s to early 200s across …
Subject dislocation in Ontario English
Subject dislocation (SD) is common across languages. In French, it is a vernacular norm. In English, it is comparatively rare. This article examines English SD in a unique contrastive situation in Ontario, Canada: two communities where SD is a community norm, one where individuals speak both English and French (Kapuskasing), and the other where the population speaks English only (Parry Sound). Dislocated subjects are produced by the same underlyi…
He come out and give me a beer but he never seen the bear
In this study, we examine variation in English strong verb preterite/participle morphology in four frequent verbs: came / come , saw / seen , gave / give and did / done , using data from more than a dozen Ontario communities, socially stratified by age, sex, occupation and education, representing a continuum of urban/rural locations and spanning more than 100 years in apparent-time. Comparative sociolinguistic methods and statistical modelling pe…
Social work and linguistic systems
The system of stative possession has been subject to variation and change since at least the Early Modern period, with have got rising in frequency in British and Antipodean varieties of English. In Canadian English, as represented by data from the largest city, Toronto, have predominates. Nonetheless, the full set of constraints previously reported for this variable are operative, corroborating the longitudinal maintenance of linguistic factors …
I don't come off as timid anymore
The period from ages 18 to 25 is sometimes called 'emerging adulthood' (Arnett , ) since it has come to be characterized by major life transitions. Linguistically, this means that lifespan change in the individual (Sankoff , ) might be particularly likely during these years (Labov : 447; Bigham : 533; Kohn : 20). Addressing a need for more real-time sociolinguistic research on early adulthood, we employ data from a panel study of a single speaker…
Supper or dinner
The English words for daily meals constitute a complex lexical variable conditioned by social and linguistic factors. Comparative sociolinguistic analysis of 884 speakers from more than a dozen locations in Ontario, Canada reveals a synchronic system with social correlates that are reflexes of the British and American founder populations of the province. Toronto and Loyalist settlements in southern Ontario use the highest rates of dinner while no…
Golly, Gosh, and Oh My God! What North American Dialects can Tell Us about Swear Words
This article presents a synchronic quantitative study of nearly 3,000 words and expressions referring to 'God' in Ontario, Canada. The results expose a number of striking social and linguistic patterns. Using apparent time as a proxy for historical change, we discover that G-words have undergone a remarkable shift across the twentieth century. Euphemisms, such as Golly and Gosh, are quickly moving out of favor, and the expressions with God, parti…
Up north there
He come out and give me a beer but he never seen the bear
In this study, we examine variation in English strong verb preterite/participle morphology in four frequent verbs: came / come , saw / seen , gave / give and did / done , using data from more than a dozen Ontario communities, socially stratified by age, sex, occupation and education, representing a continuum of urban/rural locations and spanning more than 100 years in apparent-time. Comparative sociolinguistic methods and statistical modelling pe…
Subject dislocation in Ontario English
Subject dislocation (SD) is common across languages. In French, it is a vernacular norm. In English, it is comparatively rare. This article examines English SD in a unique contrastive situation in Ontario, Canada: two communities where SD is a community norm, one where individuals speak both English and French (Kapuskasing), and the other where the population speaks English only (Parry Sound). Dislocated subjects are produced by the same underlyi…
Lexical variation of woods and bush in Ontario English
This paper examines ongoing lexical variability among words that describe areas with trees, such as woods, bush and forest , among others. The historical perspective shows ongoing semantic evolution of these terms, from wood(s) (c.825) to the emergence of bush in the late 16th century or early 17th century. We assess regional, social and linguistic patterns of variation in 1849 tokens, from individuals born in the late 1800s to early 200s across …
Linguistic Variation and Morphology (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · History (7 works) · Linguistics (7 works) · History (5 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works)