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Title New Zealand English : its origins and evolution / Elizabeth Gordon [and others].

Publication Info. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 370 pages) : illustrations, maps.
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Bibliography
Physical Medium polychrome
Series Studies in English language
Studies in English language.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-358) and index.
Contents Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Symbols used; 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; Appendix 1 Mobile Unit speakers; Appendix 2 The historical background of some settlements visited by the Mobile Unit; Appendix 3 Maps.
Summary New Zealand English is one of the newest varieties of English, and is unique in that its history and development are documented in extensive audio-recordings. On the basis of these recordings, this book examines the linguistic changes New Zealand English has undergone since it was first spoken in the 1850s.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject English language -- New Zealand.
English language.
New Zealand.
English language -- Variation -- New Zealand.
English language -- Variation.
English language -- Spoken English -- New Zealand.
English language -- Spoken English.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Added Author Gordon, Elizabeth, 1941-
Other Form: Print version: New Zealand English. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004 (DLC) 2003055395
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