TY - BOOK ID - 26230287 TI - New Zealand English PY - 2004 SN - 0521642922 0511193556 9780511193552 9780521642927 0511195648 9780511195648 0511192134 9780511192135 0511194293 9780511194290 0511194986 9780511194986 9780511486678 0511486677 9786610477586 6610477582 9780521108959 0521108950 1107142571 9781107142572 0511314043 9780511314049 128047758X PB - Cambridge, UK New York Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Pragmatics KW - English language KW - Dialectology KW - New Zealand KW - Spoken English KW - Variation KW - Germanic languages KW - Arts and Humanities KW - Language & Linguistics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:26230287 AB - 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. The rich corpus of spoken language provided by New Zealand's 'mobile disk unit' has provided insight into how the earliest New Zealand-born settlers spoke, and consequently, how this new variety of English developed. 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. The first ever corpus-based study of the evolution of New Zealand English, this book will be welcomed by all those interested in phonetics, sociolinguistics, historical linguistics and dialectology. ER -