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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458063103321

Autore

Hay Jennifer

Titolo

New Zealand English / / Jennifer Hay, Margaret Maclagan and Elizabeth Gordon [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2008

ISBN

0-7486-2530-5

9786611357597

0-7486-5154-3

1-281-35759-6

0-7486-3088-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xi, 164 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Dialects of English

Disciplina

420/.993

Soggetti

English language - New Zealand

English language - Variation - New Zealand

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 154-160) and index.

Nota di contenuto

; 1. Geography, demography, and cultural factors -- ; 2. Phonetics and phonology -- ; 3. Morphosyntax -- ; 4. New Zealand vocabulary and discourse features -- ; 5. The origins of New Zealand English -- ; 6. Variation within New Zealand -- ; 7. Selected bibliography of works on New Zealand English.

Sommario/riassunto

An accessible overview of the state of current knowledge about English as it is spoken in New Zealand.