New Zealand Ways Of Speaking English (multilingual Matters)

This is a collection of research papers on the sociolinguistics and pragmatics of New Zealand English. The book provides information on the structure and use of NZ English in a range of different social and regional contexts. Topics covered include the question of a New Zealand pidgin, change in attitudes to NZ English and differences in New Zealand women's and men's speech. In addition to what it contributes to the knowledge of New Zealand English this volume also makes an important contribution to sociolinguistic theoretical and descriptive research more generally. This Book's Three Sections Deal With Attitudes To New Zealand English, Change And Variation In Nze, And Pragmatic And Discourse Studies Of Nze. It Covers A Range Of Phonological And Intonation Patterns, As Well As Syntactic, Discourse And Pragmatic Features Of Language - Some Of Them Peculiar To Nze. Contents: 1. Attitudes, Varieties, Discourse: An Introduction To The Sociolinguistics Of Nze (janet Holmes And Allan Bell) Attitudes To New Zealand English 2. 'this Objectionable Colonial Dialect': Historical And Contemporary Attitudes To New Zealand Speech (elizabeth Gordon And Marcia Abell) 3. Sociolinguistic Stereotyping In New Zealand (graham M. Vaughan And Ingrid Huygens) 4. 'god Help Us If We All Sound Like This': Attitudes To New Zealand And Other English Accents (donn Bayard) Change And Variation In Nze 5. Pidgin English And Pidgin Maori In New Zealand (ross Clark) 6. The Rise Of New Zealand Intonation (scott Allan) 7. A Longitudinal Study Of The 'ear/ Air' Contrast In New Zealand Speech (elizabeth Gordon And Margaret A. Maclagan) 8. Minder, Mork And Mindy? (-t) Glottalisation And Post-vocalic (-r) In Younger New Zealand English Speakers (donn Bayard) 9. Audience And Referee Design In New Zealand Media Language (allan Bell) Pragmatic Analyses Of New Zealand Discourse 10. They're Off And Racing Now: The Speech Of The New Zealand Race Caller (koenraad Kuiper And Paddy Austin) 11. The Sociolinguistics Of Questioning In District Court Trials (chris Lane) 12. Politeness Strategies In New Zealand Women's Speech (janet Holmes) 13. Politeness Revisited: The Dark Side (paddy Austin). Edited By Allan Bell And Janet Holmes. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This book examines the sociolinguistics and pragmatics of New Zealand English. The book details the structure and use of NZ English in a range of different social and regional contexts. Topics covered include the question of a New Zealand pidgin, changes in attitude to NZ English and differences in New Zealand women's and men's speech.