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1 online resource (xiv, 212 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Varieties of English around the world. General series,
0172-7362 ;
v. 23
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Varieties of English around the world. General series ; v. 23.
0172-7362
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-158) and index. |
| Contents |
NEW ZEALAND ENGLISH GRAMMAR FACT OR FICTION? A CORPUS-BASED STUDY IN MORPHOSYNTACTIC VARIATION; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Table of contents; Figures and tables; Abbreviations; Preface; 1. Introduction; 1.1. Previous research; 1.1.1. NZE and its relation to other national varieties; 1.1.2. NZE and language change; 1.1.3. Stylistic variation within NZE; 1.2. Aim and scope of the study; 2. Theoretical and methodological foundations; 2.1. The notion of 'standard' in English; 2.2. International English and national standards. |
| Summary |
New Zealand English (NZE) is one of the younger post-colonial varieties of English. It is therefore not surprising that previous research focused on lexical and phonological aspects of NZE and practically neglected grammatical peculiarities. New Zealand English Grammar - Fact or Fiction? presents a careful comparative analysis of parallel corpora of New Zealand, British, American and Australian English in order to single out morphological, syntactic and lexico-grammatical features typical of an emerging New Zealand standard. In addition to corpus data on regional variation, the author uses dat. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
English language -- New Zealand -- Grammar.
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English language. |
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New Zealand. |
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Grammar, Comparative and general. |
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English language -- Variation -- New Zealand.
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English language -- Variation. |
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English language -- New Zealand -- Discourse analysis.
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Discourse analysis. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Spine Title |
New Zealand English grammar |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Hundt, Marianne. New Zealand English grammar, fact or fiction?. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., ©1998 (DLC) 98023346 (OCoLC)39147860 |
| ISBN |
9789027275554 (electronic book) |
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9027275556 (electronic book) |
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1556197217 (U.S. ; alkaline paper) |
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9781556197215 (U.S. ; alkaline paper) |
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9027248818 (Eur. ; alkaline paper) |
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9789027248817 (Eur. ; alkaline paper) |
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