= Derek Denis
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<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.<Derek Denis in the University of Toronto Mississauga directory>[research biography and selected publications]{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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