Laura Thompson

List of John Benjamins publications for which Laura Thompson plays a role.

Articles

Thompson, Laura, Catherine I. Watson and Donna Starks 2009 Finding one’s own vowel space: An acoustic analysis of the speech of Niuean New Zealanders World Englishes – Problems, Properties and Prospects: Selected papers from the 13th IAWE conference, Hoffmann, Thomas and Lucia Siebers (eds.), pp. 125–140 | Article

This paper compares the vowel system of five New Zealand Niuean children to that of speakers of New Zealand English (NZE), via an acoustic analysis. The Niuean children’s vowel systems show a vowel inventory, triangular vowel space, and front vowel raising characteristic of New Zealand English.… read more

Starks, Donna, Jane Christie and Laura Thompson 2007 Niuean English: Initial insights into an emerging variety English World-Wide 28:2, pp. 133–146 | Article

This paper provides an initial analysis into the phonetic and phonological features of Niuean English as spoken in the New Zealand Niuean community. The paper highlights similarities and differences between New Zealand English and Niuean English, points to subtle differences due to potential… read more