Using Māori English in New Zealand
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Janet Holmes
Abstract
This paper reviews research relating to Māori varieties of English in New Zealand. Research on linguistic features of Māori English is first summarized, and then some of the ways in which Māori and Pākehā conversationalists use English differently in relation to a number of speech functions are explored. The structural features reviewed include phonological, syntactic, lexical, and semantic features of Māori English. Pragmatic features are also considered, including the distinctive high-rising terminal intonation contour, the pragmatic tag eh, and similarities and differences between Pākehā and Māori in the use of verbal feedback in English conversation. Some features of the structure of spontaneous narratives told by Māori and Pākehā are discussed, as well as differences in the way humor is used by Māori and Pākehā New Zealanders in relaxed conversations. The paper concludes by indicating some of the most obvious areas for further research.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Introduction
- The Sociolinguistics of Status in Pohnpei
- Competing Agendas in Indigenous-Language Renewal: Initial Vernacular Education in Vanuatu
- Will Cyberforums Save Endangered Languages? A Niuean Case Study
- Factors Favoring and Disfavoring Obsolescence in the South Pacific: A Case Study of Rotuman
- Using Māori English in New Zealand
- In search of the Missing Māori Links—Maintaining Both Ethnic Identity and Linguistic Integrity in the Revitalization of the Māori Language
- Covert Attitudes to Māori
- Māori Intergenerational Language Transmission
- Book Review
- Tlingit Language Immersion Retreats: Creating New Language Habitat for the Twenty-First Century
