Derek Denis is a linguist studying language change and variation, particularly Canadian English. His University of Toronto Mississauga profile describes using archival oral-history recordings to investigate earlier Ontario English and studying how Toronto's multilingual communities contribute to emerging speech patterns.[ref]
The recordings make the comparison empirical: observed pronunciations and usages can be related to speakers and historical settings rather than inferred solely from spelling. His work in sociolinguistics asks how innovations arise and spread. A listed study of Toronto vowels connects that question to measurable sound patterns. He is a coauthor of Essentials of Linguistics (2nd edition) by Catherine Anderson and others.
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Derek Denis
. Portrait identified by name and descriptive alt text in the author-supplied About the Authors page, available in the licensed LibreTexts reproduction of the textbook.

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