M H Scargill
Biographic Data
| ID | 5246594 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M H Scargill |
| GIVEN NAMES | M H |
| FAMILY NAME | Scargill |
| SIGNATURE | SCARGILL M H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alberta |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1954 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Dr. Walter S. Avis
In the summer of 1954 a small group of scholars met at the University of Manitoba and founded the Canadian Linguistic Association. Among us were Henry Alexander of Queen’s University, J. B. Rudnyckyj of Manitoba, W. S. Avis of R.M.C., G. Dulong of Laval, and J.-P. Vinay of Montreal. My association and friendship with them all began at that time, and in particular I formed a close personal and academic relationship with Wally Avis. Thanks to the s…
A First History of Canadian English
Report of Dictionary Committees
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Awards and Grants Committee, 1968
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Linguistics and the Teaching of English in Schools
It is unfortunate that in the field of English studies the science of linguistics has been largely neglected in many Canadian universities. The reasons for this neglect are varied. But the results are always the same: students lamentably ignorant of the most elementary facts about the English language. I have heard an English honors graduate from one of our universities describe Chaucer as “the best of Old English authors.” I have met teachers of…
A Comment on “Interpretations of the English Suprasegmentals”
We are pleased that our earlier article, “Pitch and Stress As Phonemes: Analysis or Synthesis”, has produced such a spirited reply. Unfortunately, the happy conditions of proximity at the 1958 Summer School of Linguistics in Alberta which produced that article do not now exist and Professor Drysdale, Professor Mackey, and I are now so far apart in actual miles that collaboration is almost impossible. This comment is the result, then, of my own th…
Dictionary of Canadian English on Historical Principles
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Symboles Phonétiques / Phonetic Symbols
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Varia
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Varia
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Eighteenth Century English in Nova Scotia
The Original Minutes of His Majesty’s Council at Annapolis Royal, 1720–1739 show some interesting examples of English. As is to be expected, the English used corresponds closely with late seventeenth and early eighteenth century British English and with American English of New England records or the same periods. The British English documents ‘with which these Minutes have most in common are the Wentworth Papers, 1705-1739 and the Verney Letters,…
Canadian English and Canadian Culture in Alberta
What is a Canadian? Have we who call ourselves Canadians a distinctive culture, a distinctive way of life and thought? Or are we “American” or “British”? Or are we perhaps in the unhappy position of being nothing but reflections of two great, yet different, nations? These questions are exercising the minds of a great many people today, and not just within our own borders. To be sure, the historian and the geographer have their answers: the econom…
Vie Française, a monthly review, Laval University, April 1954, Vol. 8, No. 7
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A Pilot Study of Alberta Speech
The findings presented here are part of a pilot study of the vocabulary of English-speaking residents of Alberta. The study was carried out in 1953 and 1954 with the aid of a number of my students who took the responsibility of getting written answers to several hundred copies of a brief questionnaire. The items in the questionnaire were of a general nature; although, since Alberta is greatly concerned with agriculture, some emphasis was placed o…
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A Pilot Study of Alberta Speech
The findings presented here are part of a pilot study of the vocabulary of English-speaking residents of Alberta. The study was carried out in 1953 and 1954 with the aid of a number of my students who took the responsibility of getting written answers to several hundred copies of a brief questionnaire. The items in the questionnaire were of a general nature; although, since Alberta is greatly concerned with agriculture, some emphasis was placed o…
Canadian English and Canadian Culture in Alberta
What is a Canadian? Have we who call ourselves Canadians a distinctive culture, a distinctive way of life and thought? Or are we “American” or “British”? Or are we perhaps in the unhappy position of being nothing but reflections of two great, yet different, nations? These questions are exercising the minds of a great many people today, and not just within our own borders. To be sure, the historian and the geographer have their answers: the econom…
Vie Française, a monthly review, Laval University, April 1954, Vol. 8, No. 7
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Eighteenth Century English in Nova Scotia
The Original Minutes of His Majesty’s Council at Annapolis Royal, 1720–1739 show some interesting examples of English. As is to be expected, the English used corresponds closely with late seventeenth and early eighteenth century British English and with American English of New England records or the same periods. The British English documents ‘with which these Minutes have most in common are the Wentworth Papers, 1705-1739 and the Verney Letters,…
Varia
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Dictionary of Canadian English on Historical Principles
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Symboles Phonétiques / Phonetic Symbols
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Varia
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A Comment on “Interpretations of the English Suprasegmentals”
We are pleased that our earlier article, “Pitch and Stress As Phonemes: Analysis or Synthesis”, has produced such a spirited reply. Unfortunately, the happy conditions of proximity at the 1958 Summer School of Linguistics in Alberta which produced that article do not now exist and Professor Drysdale, Professor Mackey, and I are now so far apart in actual miles that collaboration is almost impossible. This comment is the result, then, of my own th…
Linguistics and the Teaching of English in Schools
It is unfortunate that in the field of English studies the science of linguistics has been largely neglected in many Canadian universities. The reasons for this neglect are varied. But the results are always the same: students lamentably ignorant of the most elementary facts about the English language. I have heard an English honors graduate from one of our universities describe Chaucer as “the best of Old English authors.” I have met teachers of…
Report of Dictionary Committees
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Awards and Grants Committee, 1968
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A First History of Canadian English
Dr. Walter S. Avis
In the summer of 1954 a small group of scholars met at the University of Manitoba and founded the Canadian Linguistic Association. Among us were Henry Alexander of Queen’s University, J. B. Rudnyckyj of Manitoba, W. S. Avis of R.M.C., G. Dulong of Laval, and J.-P. Vinay of Montreal. My association and friendship with them all began at that time, and in particular I formed a close personal and academic relationship with Wally Avis. Thanks to the s…
Linguistics (11 works) · Philosophy (10 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Applied linguistics (6 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Lexicography and Language Studies (5 works) · Canadian Identity and History (4 works) · Cognition (4 works)