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Peer reviewedWatson, Catherine I.; MacLagan, Margaret; Harrington, Jonathan – Language Variation and Change, 2000
Provides acoustic evidence that in the last 50 years New Zealand English (NZE) has undergone a substantial vowel shift. Two sets of data are studied: the Otago corpus, recorded in 1995, and the Mobile Unit Corpus, recorded in 1948. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Computational Linguistics, Databases, English
Peer reviewedMaclagan, Margaret A.; Gordon, Elizabeth; Lewis, Gillian – Language Variation and Change, 1999
Addresses Labov's claim that sound changes that are not stigmatized are led especially by young women who are the "movers and shakers" in the community, people with energy and enterprise. Investigated the claim by comparing the pronunciation of non-stigmatized front vowels with that of stigmatized diphthongs in New Zealand English.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English, Females, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedBritain, David – Language Variation and Change, 1992
Sociolinguistic research on linguistic change, i.e., the use of high rising terminal contours (HRTs) in declarative clauses, is reported based on interviews from 75 inhabitants of Porirua. Results show that linguistic change is in progress, with HRTs favored by young Maori and young Pakeha women. Results are explained in terms of HRTs as positive…
Descriptors: English, Foreign Countries, Intonation, Language Usage
