New Zealand English: Its Origins and Evolution (Studies in English Language) - Hardcover

Gordon, Elizabeth; Campbell, Lyle; Hay, Jennifer; Maclagan, Margaret; Sudbury, Andrea; Trudgill, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521642922 ISBN 13: 9780521642927

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2004

Synopsis

New Zealand English--at only 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. This book examines and analyzes the extensive linguistic changes New Zealand English has undergone over the past 150 years on the basis of these recordings. The authors, 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.

About this title

Book Description:

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. 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.

About the Author:

Elizabeth Gordon is an Associate Professor in the department of Linguistics at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0521642922
• ISBN 13: 9780521642927
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 392