New Zealand English - Its Origins and Evolution

Informationen zum Autor Elizabeth Gordon is an Associate Professor in the department of Linguistics at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Lyle Campbell is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Jennifer Hay is a lecturer in the department of Linguistics at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Margaret Maclagan is a Senior Lecturer in Speech and Language Therapy at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Andrea Sudbury is a research administrator at the Management Centre, King's College London. Peter Trudgill is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, and is a Fellow of the British Academy. Klappentext Examines the origins and development of New Zealand English on the basis of extensive audio-recordings. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Elizabeth Gordon is an Associate Professor in the department of Linguistics at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.Lyle Campbell is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.Jennifer Hay is a lecturer in the department of Linguistics at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.Margaret Maclagan is a Senior Lecturer in Speech and Language Therapy at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.Andrea Sudbury is a research administrator at the Management Centre, King's College London.Peter Trudgill is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, and is a Fellow of the British Academy.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Lyle Campbell, Lyle (University of Canterbury Campbell, Lyle Hay Campbell, Campbell Lyle, Elizabeth Gordon, Elizabeth (University of Canterbury Gordon, Gordon Elizabeth, Jennifer Hay, Jennifer (University of Canterbury Hay, Hay Jennifer, Margaret Maclagan, Margaret (University of Canterbury Maclagan, Maclagan Margaret, Andrea (King's College London) Sudbury, Sudbury Andrea, Peter (Universite De Fribourg Trudgill, Trudgill Peter
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 12.02.2009
• EAN: 9780521108959
• ISBN: 978-0-521-10895-9
• Seiten: 392
• Serien: Studies in English Language; Studies in English Language
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Sociolinguistics