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ERIC Number: EJ546053
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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The Formation and Development of New Zealand English: Interaction of Gender-Related Variation and Linguistic Change.
Woods, Nicola J.
Journal of Sociolinguistics, v1 n1 p95-125 Feb 1997
Assesses the relative roles played by men and women in the development of New Zealand English over the past 50 years, with particular attention paid to vowel shifting. Results indicate that women lead in new and dynamic changes, but lag behind men in the use of variables representing older changes. (71 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Diachronic Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, English, Foreign Countries, Interaction Process Analysis, Phonology, Role Perception, Sociolinguistics, Vowels
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New Zealand
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