
ERIC Number: EJ597332
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1998
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New Dialect Formation and Southern Hemisphere English: The New Zealand Short Front Vowels.
Trudgill, Peter; Gordon, Elizabeth; Lewis, Gillian
Journal of Sociolinguistics, v2 n1 p35-51 Feb 1998
Discusses two conflicting hypotheses concerning the nature of the New Zealand English short vowel system. Concludes that both hypotheses are to a certain extent wrong and to a certain extent correct. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Dialects, English, Foreign Countries, Language Variation, Pronunciation, Vowels
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: New Zealand
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