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Record Nr.

UNINA9910826812203321

Titolo

New Zealand English : its origins and evolution / / Elizabeth Gordon ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, UK ; ; New York, : Cambridge University Press, 2004

ISBN

1-107-14257-1

1-280-47758-X

0-511-19498-6

0-511-19564-8

0-511-19355-6

0-511-31404-3

0-511-48667-7

0-511-19429-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 370 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Studies in English language

Altri autori (Persone)

GordonElizabeth

Disciplina

427/.993

Soggetti

English language - New Zealand

English language - Variation - New Zealand

English language - Spoken English - New Zealand

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-358) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

New Zealand English - at just 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. The rich corpus of spoken language provided by New Zealand's 'mobile disk unit' has provided insight into how the earliest New Zealand-born settlers spoke, and consequently, how this new variety of English developed. On the basis of these recordings, this book examines and analyses the extensive linguistic changes New Zealand English has



undergone since it was first spoken in the 1850s. The authors, all 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. The first ever corpus-based study of the evolution of New Zealand English, this book will be welcomed by all those interested in phonetics, sociolinguistics, historical linguistics and dialectology.