LINGUIST List 15.1886

Tue Jun 22 2004

Books: Anthropological Linguistics: Gordon et al

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1. jreid, New Zealand English: Gordon, Campbell, Hay, Maclagan, Sudbury, Trudgill

Title: New Zealand English
Subtitle: Its Origins and Evolution
Series Title: Studies in English Language
			
Publication Year: 2004
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press 
		http://www.cup.org
			
Book URL: http://www.cup.org/linguistics

Author: Elizabeth Gordon, University of Canterbury 
Author: Lyle Campbell, University of Canterbury 
Author: Jennifer B Hay, University of Canterbury 
Author: Margaret Maclagan, University of Canterbury 
Author: Andrea Sudbury, University of London 
Author: Peter Trudgill, University of Fribourg 

Hardback: ISBN: 0521642922, Pages: 390, Price: U.S. $: $85.00
 Comment: 12 figures/58 graphs/15 maps/44 tables 


Abstract:
			
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.

Contents:
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; Appendices. 			


Lingfield(s):	Anthropological Linguistics 	
			 
Subject Language(s):	English (Language Code: ENG)

Written In: English (Language Code: ENG)

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