Threads in the New Zealand tapestry of language
By: edited by Janet Holmes and Ray Harlow.
Contributors: Holmes, Janet, 1947-; Harlow, Ray.; Linguistic Society of New Zealand.
Publisher: Linguistic Society of New Zealand
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Auckland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 121
Subjects: Language maintenance -- New Zealand -- Wellington.; Language attrition -- New Zealand -- Wellington.; Sociolinguistics -- New Zealand -- Wellington.; Chinese -- New Zealand -- Wellington -- Languages.; Tongans -- New Zealand -- Wellington -- Languages.; Greeks -- New Zealand -- Wellington -- Languages.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-121).
Table of contents: title: Threads in the tapestry of languages / Janet Holmes; title: The Tongan language in Wellington / Janet Holmes and ʻAnahina ʻAipolo; title: The New Zealand-born Chinese community of Wellington / Mary Roberts; title: Greek language maintenance and shift in the Greek community of Wellington / Maria Verivaki.