Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles 2

The Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles Second Edition (DCHP-2) is a historical dictionary of words, phrases, and expressions that are characteristic of Canadian English (CanE). The second edition was edited by Stefan Dollinger (editor-in-chief) and Margery Fee (associate editor) and includes features not part of the first edition: a six-way classification system for Canadianisms, the Dictionary Editing Tool,[1] and the Bank of Canadian English (BCE), a quotation database.[2]

Accessing DCHP-2

DCHP-2 is accessible at here. It is, like the current edition of the OED, an online-only publication; there is no hardcopy available at this point.

Creating DCHP-2

The process started with the scanning and digitization of the first edition of the dictionary (DCHP-1).[3] The online version of DCHP-1 was made publicly accessible in 2013.[4] The main data collection phase for the DCHP-2 lasted from 2007 to 2010 and included 36,000 new citations derived from the 7,000 new potential headwords found in The Canadian Oxford Dictionary and other sources.[5] Potential headwords and citations were cross-checked with other varieties of English using web data and entered into the Bank of Canadian English, a quotation filing system, to be proofread and edited. The potential headwords and citations were then classified into one of the six categories of Canadianisms according to their distinctive histories in Canada, cultural significance, or usage frequency.

Reception

Since its launch on March 17, 2017, public reception to the dictionary has been good. About 40 users (in late 2017) consult the dictionary a day.[6] The Toronto Star referred to it as a great "birthday gift for the nation" of Canada,[7] The Globe and Mail[8] lauded its detail (e.g. the entry on eh, which is almost 5000 words long) and the CBC The National Newscast[9] featured DCHP-2 in April 2017 as the topic of its cultural news item of the day.

See also

Notes
  1. Dollinger, Stefan (2010). "Software from the Bank of Canadian English as an open source tool for the dialectologist: ling.surf and its features". In Joseph Wright's English Dialect Dictionary and Beyond: Studies in Late Modern English Dialectology, ed. by Manfred Markus, Clive Upton and Reinhard Heuberger, 249-261. Berne: Peter Lang.
  2. Introduction to DCHP-2
  3. "Language Hat". Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  4. "DCHP-1 Online". Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  5. Introduction to DCHP-2
  6. Conan, Tobias (October 2017). "A forgotten dictionary of Canadianisms is updated for the 21st century". Quill and Quire.
  7. Toronto Star, Editorial Board (26 March 2017). "Dictionary of Canadianisms is a fine birthday gift to Canada: Editorial From "all-dressed" to "Garburator" - what Canadian English says about Canada". Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  8. Valpy, Michael (10 March 2017). "Dictionary of Canadianisms is 'tabled' and 'all-dressed'". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 4 September 2017.
  9. Department of English, (see list of media coverage towards the end). "UBC". University of British Columbia. Retrieved 4 September 2017.

References
  • Dollinger, Stefan, Laurel J. Brinton, and Margery Fee (2012). "Revising The Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles: A Progress Report, 2006—(April) 2012." Dictionaries: Journal of the Dictionary Society of North America 33: 164-178. Print.
  • Dollinger, Stefan. (2017). "Revising the Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles: World Englishes and linguistic variation in real-time". In The Routledge Handbook of Lexicography, ed. by Pedro A. Fuertes Olivera, 367-382. London Routledge.
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