New Zealand English.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bell, Allan, 1947-

Contributor:

Kuiper, Koenraad.

Series:

Varieties of English Around the World

Varieties of English Around the World ; v.G25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Social aspects--New Zealand.

English language.

English language--Variation--New Zealand.

English language--New Zealand.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (366 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

JB/Victoria UP : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

New Zealand English is currently one of the most researched varieties of English world-wide. This book presents an up-to-date account of all the major aspects of New Zealand English by leading scholars as well as younger specialists in each of the major fields of enquiry. The book is authoritative in its range and represents not only a synopsis of past research, but also new research in many areas of study. It is of interest not just to specialists in regional varieties of English but many of the chapters detail new approaches to the study of dialect phenomena. It contains an introduction

Contents:

NEW ZEALAND ENGLISH; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; MAP; ABBREVIATIONS & GLOSSARY; INTERNATIONAL PHONETIC ASSOCIATION SYMBOLS AND DIACRITICS; 1NEW ZEALAND AND NEW ZEALAND ENGLISH; 1 The external history of New Zealand English; 2. English and other languages in New Zealand society; 3. Linguistics in New Zealand; 4. NZE: from prescription to description; 5. The study of New Zealand English; 6. The approach of this book; 2 HANDLING NEW ZEALAND ENGLISH LEXIS; 1. Introduction; 2. What are New Zealandisms?; 3. Towards a typology of New Zealandisms

3.1 A proposed basic typology of NZE lexis 4. Conclusion; Notes; 3 THE DIALECTAL ORIGINS OF NEW ZEALAND ENGLISH 1; 1. Introduction; 2. Background; 3. Methodology; 3.1 Sources of data; 3.2 Weaknesses of the data; 4. Results and discussion; 4.1 Results by period; 4.2 Scotland and Ireland; 4.3 The Australian connection; 5. Conclusion; Notes; 4 'NO-ONE SOUNDS LIKE US?' A COMPARISON OF NEW ZEALAND AND OTHER SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE ENGLISHES; 1. Introduction; 2. The New Zealand English consonant system; 2.2 Wine ν.s whine; 2.3 Yod-dropping; 2.4/l/; 3. The New Zealand English vowel system

3.1 Phonetic aspects of the NZE vowel system 3.2 Long vowels and diphthongs; 3.2.1 Long monophthongs; 3.2.2 Diphthongs; 3.3 Short vowels; 4. Conclusion and further research; 5 NEW ZEALAND ENGLISH ACROSS THE GENERATIONS: AN ANALYSIS OF SELECTED VOWEL AND CONSONANT VARIABLES 1; 1. Introduction; 2. New Zealand English: a brief summary; 3. Linguistic variables; 3.1 MOUTH; 3.2 The short front vowels; 3.2.1 TRAP; 3.2.2 vRESS; 3.2.3 KIT; 3.3 The witch/which distinction; 3.4 Τ voicing; 4 Method; 4.1 The speech community; 4.2 Speakers; 4.2.1 Mary; 4.2.2 Florence; 4.2.3 Louise; 4.2.4 Sarah; 4.3 Procedures

4.4 Analysis 5 Results and discussion; 5.1 MOUTH; 5.1.1 Patterns of change; 5.1.2 Use across the generations; 5.1.3 Summary and discussion; 5.2 The front short vowels: patterns of change; 5.2.2 Use across the generations; 5.2.3 Summary and discussion; 5.3 The witch/which distinction; 5.3.1 Patterns of change; 5.3.2 Use across the generations; 5.3.3 Summary and discussion; 5.4 Τ voicing; 5.4.1 Patterns of change; 5.4.2 Use across the generations; 5.4.3 Summary and discussion; 6 Conclusion; Notes; 6 THE APPARENT MERGER OF THE FRONT CENTERING DIPHTHONGS - EAR AND AIR - IN NEW ZEALAND ENGLISH

1. Background 2. Previous studies; 3. The Auckland sample and interview; 4. Transcription and identification of conservative values; 5. Corpus of tokens; 6. Analysis of AIR in Auckland; 7. Analysis of EAR in Auckland; 8. Studies compared: Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland; 8.1 Auckland and Dunedin; 8.3 Auckland and Wellington; 9. Conclusion; Notes; 7 INTONATION AND PROSODY IN NEW ZEALAND ENGLISH 1; 1. Introduction; 2. Stress and rhythmic structure; 2.1 Lexical stress placement; 2.2 Full Vowels for reduced; 2.3 Rhythm: stress- vs syllable-timing; 2.4 Conclusion

3. High Rising Terminals

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786613358325

9781283358323

1283358328

9789027275479

9027275475