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  • 8 - ENGLISH IN NEW ZEALAND

  • from PART II - English overseas
  • Edited by Robert Burchfield, University of Oxford
  • Book:
    The Cambridge History of the English Language
    Published online:
    28 March 2008
    Print publication:
    17 November 1994, pp 382-429

  • Summary

    The language spoken in New Zealand at the time of the arrival of the Europeans was a Polynesian language Maori. This chapter presents description of present-day New Zealand English phonetics and phonology, and discusses the history of the pronunciation of English in New Zealand. It has generally been assumed that the morphology and syntax of New Zealand English is indistinguishable from that of British English. Most of the vocabulary that is found in New Zealand English is general to all varieties of English. Despite the fact that many New Zealanders have an ambivalent attitude to America and Americanisms, there are a number of Americanisms in New Zealand English which are normal, and a lot more which are stylistically marked. The chapter discusses the regional variations in New Zealand English, and suggests that the most likely origin of New Zealand English is as an exported variety of Australian English.