Editing Canadian English (section)

==== Newfoundland ====
{{Main|Newfoundland English}}

Compared to the commonly spoken English dominating neighbouring provinces, Newfoundland English is famously distinct in its dialects and accents. Newfoundland English differs in [[vowel]] [[pronunciation]], [[morphology (linguistics)|morphology]], [[syntax]], and preservation of archaic adverbial-intensifiers. The dialect varies markedly from community to community, as well as from region to region. Its distinctiveness partly results from a European settlement history that dates back centuries, which explains Newfoundland's most notable linguistic regions: an Irish-settled area in the southeast (the southern Avalon Peninsula) and an English-settled area in the southwest.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1467-971X.2012.01777.x|doi=10.1111/j.1467-971X.2012.01777.x |title=Phonetic change in Newfoundland English |year=2012 |last1=Clarke |first1=Sandra |journal=World Englishes |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=503–518 }}</ref>

A well-known phonetic feature many Newfoundland speakers possess is the [[kit-dress merger]]. The mid lax /ɛ/ here is raised to the high lax stressed /ɪ/, particularly before oral stops and nasals, so consequently "pen" is pronounced more like "pin".

Another phonetic feature more unique to Newfoundland English is TH-stopping. Here, the [[voiceless dental fricative]] /θ/ in words like ''myth'' and ''width'' are pronounced more like ''t'' or the [[voiced dental fricative]] /ð/ in words like ''the'' and ''these''. TH-stopping is more common for /ð/, especially in unstressed function words (e.g. that, those, their, etc.).<ref>Clarke, Sandra. "[https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/newfoundland-and-labrador-english/phonetics-and-phonology/CC8CC18C1EBB88AA487101F4011FFE14 Phonetics and Phonology]". Newfoundland and Labrador English. Edinburgh UP, 2010. 19-66.
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