The Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland: An Ethno-linguistic Study
E.R. Seary, G.M. Story, and W. J. Kirwin (Ottawa: National Museum of Canada, 1968)
This concise overview of history and society of the Avalon
Peninsula presents useful details and statistics for twelve
communities, a sketch of three dialects and St. John's speech, with
phonetic and lexical examples, a compilation of census figures, and
the dialect questionnaire used in fieldwork during the 1960s.