Finding our own voice
Subtitle: New Zealand English in the making
By: Elizabeth Gordon
Series: Macmillan Brown lectures -- 2005
Publisher: Canterbury University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Christchurch, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 108
ISBN-13: 9781877257773
Subjects: English language; Spoken English; Usage
Description: 'Finding our own voice' was the title of the three Macmillan Brown lectures delivered at the University of Canterbury in 2005 by Elizabeth Gordon. She discusses the development and evolution of the New Zealand accent from the earlist days, when the children of the early settlers spoke with the dialects of their parents, through the remarkably short period of time to when people began to accuse children and others of speaking with an odious 'colonial twang'. Various English dialects and Māori also contributed to the mix to produce a unique New Zealand voice.
Notes: Three lectures delivered in 2005 for the Macmillan Brown lectures at the University of Canterbury.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: lecture 1. Why do we speak the way we do? : the development of the New Zealand accent; title: lecture 2. Afghans and cheerios, kiwi and iwi : the words we use; title: lecture 3. 'A whirlpool of impure vocalisation' : attitudes to New Zealand English.