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

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This book is a comprehensive but accessible description of English as it is spoken in New Zealand. New Zealand English is one of the youngest native speaker var

Only a few centuries ago the English language consisted of a collection of dialects spoken mainly by monolinguals and only within the shores of a small island.

A comprehensive, scholarly and systematic review of modern English in one volume. It presents a description of both the linguistic structure of present-day Engl