摘要
British English and American English are regarded as the two major varieties of English in the world, and Canadian English is often treated as a variation of American English. The paper aims to identify the major phonetic features of Canadian English by addressing its differences from British and American English based on a historical, demographical, and regional and dialectal analysis. Canadian English is a cultural phenomenon that has evolved on the basis of British English and under the heavy influence of American English. As a distinctive variety of English, Canadian English possesses its phonetic uniqueness. And in the context of globalization, Canadian English will remain subject to Americanization.
英国英语和美国英语常常被认为是世界英语的两大变体，而加拿大英语则常被认为是美国英语的一个变异，本文从加拿大英语的历史形成原因、人口因素、方言地域分布等方面探讨加拿大英语和美国英语以及英国英语的不同，加拿大英语的主要特点。指出加拿大英语事实上是以英国英语为基础，在美国英语的影响下形成的一种英语变体，形成了独具特色的语音特徵。并且在全球化背景下加拿大英语语音特徵将会受到越来越大的美国化的影响。
