Setting New Standards
Sound Changes and Gender in New Zealand English
Janet Holmes | Victoria University of Wellington
Social dialect data demonstrates that women tend to lead linguistic change in New Zealand English over a range of linguistic variables. This paper describes some current sound changes in New Zealand English, discusses their potential sources, and suggests possible mechanisms by which they percolate through the system. Women's role in language change is a controversial area. The final section examines a range of explanations which have been proposed to account for the patterns identified by researchers and assesses their relevance to the New Zealand data.
Published online: 01 January 1997
https://doi.org/10.1075/eww.18.1.06hol
https://doi.org/10.1075/eww.18.1.06hol
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