New Zealand English :  its origins and evolution / 
Elizabeth Gordon ... [et al.]. 
 - xix, 370 p. 24 cm. 
 - Studies in English language .
 - Studies in English language. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (339-358) and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction --  Overview and background --  The historical background --  Previous attempts to explain the origins of New Zealand English --  Methodology --  The variables of early New Zealand English --  The origins of New Zealand English : reflections from the ONZE data --  Implications for language change --  Mobile Unit speakers --  The historical background of some settlements visited by the Mobile Unit --  Seven Mobile Unit speakers born outside New Zealand --  Acoustic vowel charts for the ten speakers included in the acoustic analysis --  Speaker indexes for quantified variables, together with relevant social information.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  App. 1.  App. 2.  App. 4.  App. 5.  App. 6. 
<br/><br/> "This study of the evolution of New Zealand English will be welcomed by all those interested in phonetics, sociolinguistics, historical linguistics and dialectology."--BOOK JACKET. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521642922  55.00 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2003055395 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--New Zealand<br/>English language--Variation--New Zealand<br/>English language--Dialects--New Zealand<br/>English language--Spoken English--New Zealand<br/>English language--Provincialisms--New Zealand.<br/>English language--Usage
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PE3602  / .N495 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>427.993