Rhetorical Analysis of Barack Obamas Inaugural Address

Canadian English, like many of its other commonwealth relatives is unique. It has been influenced by its British roots, Canada’s French speaking population, the diverse languages of First Nations peoples, and its American neighbours. As a result of these influences, Canadian English can be more than a little difficult for visitors or newcomers to decipher. Therefore, I’ve put together 10 Canadian words, to help those of you who aren’t familiar with Canadian terminology.

46) British spelling- American and British English spelling differences are one aspect of American and British English differences.

I agree that English has acted as an imperialistic, invasive subversion force on the Native People in Canada. In my opinion, it was a perfect example of linguistic chauvinism. I believe that to destroy one's culture and political integrity, language plays a critical role in accomplishing it.However, the Canadian government took this into consideration and implemented harsh policies towards the aboriginal people of Canada. The Canadian government made it compulsory for Aboriginal children between the age of 4 and 16 years to attend the Indian Residential Schools. However, within the Indian Residential Schools it was made mandatory to speak English. As mention in David Cooke, (1988) "Ties that Constrict English as a Trojan Horse" article that

Many ethnic groups live and work in peace as proud Canadians. In Canadian home non-official languages are widely spoken. In two of Canada’s biggest cities, Chinese languages are the second most spoken language at home. Canadian has a wide range of religion, the majority of Canadians identify as Christians. The largest religious affiliation is Catholic, followed by various Protestant churches. Other religions are slowly growing.

Canadian have a different history than the US, both were establish by European colonial powers

Canada is located in Northern North America, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean on the East, North Pacific Ocean on the West, and the Arctic Ocean on the North, North of the conterminous US. They mainly speak English and French, but use other languages like Punjabi, Italian, Spanish, German, Cantonese, Tagalog, and Arabic. Their major religions are Catholic, Protestant, other Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist,

The culture, language, and opinions of the French population were widely disregarded by the English speakers of Canada. This discrimination stemmed from the rivalry between the mother countries France and England that transferred over to the colonies of Canada. Anything the one had, the other wanted, so be it that the French and English's positions switched, the resulting discrimination would be the same. However, be it with Britain in control, the English tried to use the influence of their power to the best of their ability. The English felt the opposite forced their culture and language on to them, so they thought it fair

Ever since the 1950’s more of the American culture has been known to influence Canadian ways of living through the media.

Although it is easier to speak English to communicate with others, Canada is still a country in which you are allowed to stick to your own culture. This is shown in the quote: "before they come and take away my house." "Nobody 's going to do that. This is Canada" (Engkant, pg.1). The narrator’s mother is in fear of being targeted by

Bilingualism should be maintained in Canada. Bilingualism is the ability to speak two languages fluently. Canada is a bilingual country with English and French as official languages. The Canadian government has adopted bilingualism and as made official languages English and French their official in 1969(Lepage and Corbeil). According to the Office of the Commissioner 72 percent of Canadian supported Bilingualism, especially people who live in Quebec supported strongly (Cited by Bluja and Bradshaw).

English Canadians were loyalty to Britain and considered part of British Empire. It was the period of high unemployment in Canada, but the army promised to pay and feed the soldiers three times a day. Also, Canadians were sure that the war would be over soon because many people volunteered to join the army. However, not the entire population wanted to support the war. French Canadians were not as loyal to Great Britain as the English Canadians; they believed that Canada should be independent.

One of the aspects of Canada that makes our country so desirable is our diverse heritage. Preserving our culture is essential in maintaining our collective identity. Language is one of the many worldly tools that is a key component in heritage. Our history is unique and embraces both of our official languages; English and French. If we can protect our languages and the collective rights of both Anglophones and Francophones, then we are also protecting our heritage. It is important to be able to share our languages’ with future generations in order to sustain our cultural identity.

Whereas that I have only one year of experience as English learner. I have seen a difference which Canadian culture have. If I want to persuade Canadian people, I must have an excellent arguments, also I have to have a

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Other than slight differences between British and American English pronunciation and accent, contrasts in vocabulary .