Hoffman, Michol F.Walker, James2015-05-212015-05-212013Hoffman, M. F., & Walker, J. A. (2010). Ethnolects and the city: Ethnic orientation and linguistic variation in Toronto English. Language Variation and Change, 22(1), 37-67.http://hdl.handle.net/10315/29293‘Foreign’ language features of first-generation Canadians do not persist in their children and grandchildren. ‘Ethnolects’ should be viewed as ways that speakers of different ethnic backgrounds construct and convey their identity, rather than an inability to acquire English.Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 CanadaDiversityResearch Summary