New Zealand English

by Jennifer Hay, Margaret A. Maclagan, Elizabeth Gordon

Overview

This book is a comprehensive but accessible description of English as it is spoken in New Zealand. New Zealand English is one of the youngest native speaker varieties of English, and is the only variety of English where there is recorded evidence of its entire history. It shares some features with other Southern Hemisphere varieties of English such as Australian English and South African English, but is also clearly distinct from these. For the past two decades extensive research has focused on the evolution and ongoing development of the variety. New Zealand English presents the results of this research in an accessible way. Key Features*A succinct but comprehensive account of the phonetic, phonological, morphosyntactic, lexical and discourse features which are characteristic of the dialect. *A discussion of the historical development of New Zealand English.*A description of the current social and regional variation within the variety.*An indication of the areas where change is currently occurring. *Sample texts and an annotated bibliography of relevant literature.There are also several associated audio files, which provide examples of many of the phenomena discussed: http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/dialects/

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780748625291
Publisher:	Edinburgh University Press
Publication date:	03/12/2008
Series:	Dialects of English
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	5.43(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Jennifer Hay is Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Margaret A. Maclagan is Associate Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of Canterbury

Elizabeth Gordon is Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics, University of Canterbury

Table of Contents

Books in this series provide concise, up-to-date documentation for varieties of English from around the world. Written by experts who have conducted first-hand research, the volumes provide a starting point for anyone wishing to know more about a particular dialect. Each volume follows a common structure, covering the background, phonetics and phonology, morphosyntax, lexis and history of a variety of English, and concludes with an annotated bibliography and some sample texts.

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