New Zealand English
New Zealand English
Its Origins and Evolution
Elizabeth Gordon, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Lyle Campbell, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Jennifer Hay, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Margaret Maclagan, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Andrea Sudbury, King's College London
Peter Trudgill, Université de Fribourg, Switzerland
Lyle Campbell, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Jennifer Hay, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Margaret Maclagan, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Andrea Sudbury, King's College London
Peter Trudgill, Université de Fribourg, Switzerland
March 2009
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Paperback
9780521108959
New Zealand English--at only 150 years old--is one of the newest varieties of English, and is unique in that its full history and development are documented in extensive audio-recordings. This book examines and analyzes the extensive linguistic changes New Zealand English has undergone over the past 150 years on the basis of these recordings. The authors, experts in phonetics and sociolinguistics, use the data to test previous explanations for new dialect formation, and to challenge current claims about the nature of language change.
- Provides a unique history of New Zealand English and the formation of a new dialect
- Examines language change in real time and apparent time, using an extensive archive of recordings from the earliest times
- Explains the many linguistics changes in New Zealand English, and tests claims about language change in general
Reviews & endorsements
"an excellently grounded theory on the origins of NZE" Isabel Moskowich-Spiegel Fandino
Product details
March 2009Paperback
9780521108959
392 pages
229 × 152 × 22 mm
0.58kg
15 maps 44 tables
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Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Overview and background
- 3. The historical background
- 4. Previous attempts to explain the origins of New Zealand English
- 5. Methodology
- 6. The variables of early New Zealand English
- 7. The origins of New Zealand English: reflections from the ONZE data
- 8. Implications for language change
- Appendices.
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