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Associate Professor Jeanette King

Aotahi School of Māori and Indigenous Studies; New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain & Behaviour

Phone: +64 3 364 2987 ext. 8592
 Office: Te Ao Marama 158

Fields of Research

  • Māori English
  • Māori language revitalisation
  • The pronunciation of te reo Māori
  • The Māori phrasal lexicon
  • Non-verbal cues

Researcher Summary

Research interests include Maori language revitalisation, Maori English and the pronunciation of te reo Maori.

Subject Area: Disciplines

Research Groups

Equipment

Research Service

  • NZ Institute of Language Brain and Behaviour (2009-present)
  • Member of the MAONZE (Maori and New Zealand English) project which has been investigating changes in the pronunciation of the Maori language (2003-present)
  • Te Ao Marama Research (2001-present)

Publications


  • Szakay, A., Babel, M. and King, J. (2012) Sociophonetic markers facilitate translation priming: Māori English GOAT - a different kind of animal. University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics 18(2): Article 16. http://repository.upenn.edu/pwpl/vol18/iss2/16. (Journal Article)
  • Harlow, R., Bauer, W., Maclagan, M., Watson, C., Keegan, P. and King, J. (2011) Interrupted Transmission and Rule Loss in Māori: The Case of ka. Oceanic Linguistics 50(1): 50-64. (Journal Article)
  • Thompson, L., Watson, C.I., Harlow, R., King, J., Maclagan, M., Charters, H. and Keegan, P. (2011) Phrases, pitch and perceived prominence in Māori. Florence, Italy: 12th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (Interspeech 2011), 27-31 Aug 2011. (Conference Contribution - Poster presentation)
  • Bier, S.D., Watson, C.I., Maclagan, M., King, J., Harlow, R. and Keegan, P. (2011) Signal Processing Techniques for Language Identification Based on the Pitch Contour. Palmerston North, New Zealand: 18th Electronics New Zealand Conference, 21-22 Nov 2011. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • King, J., Maclagan, M., Harlow, R., Keegan, P. and Watson, C. (2011) The MAONZE project: Changing uses of an indigenous language database. Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory 7(1): 37-57. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/CLLT.2011.003. (Journal Article)
  • Thompson, L., Watson, C., Charters, H., Harlow, R., Keegan, P., King, J. and Maclagan, M. (2010) An experiment in mita-reading: investigating perception of rhythmic prominence in the Māori language. Melbourne, Australia: 13th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (SST 2010), 14-16 Dec 2010. In Proceedings of the 13th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology 150-154. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • King, J., Watson, C., Maclagan, M., Harlow, R. and Keegan, P. (2010) Māori Women’s Role in Sound Change. In J. Holmes and M. Marra (Ed.), Femininity, Feminism and Gendered Discourse: 191-211. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. (Chapter in Book)
  • King, J., Maclagan, M., Harlow, R., Keegan, P.J. and Watson, C. (2010) The MAONZE corpus: Establishing a corpus of Maori speech. New Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics 16(2): 1-16. (Journal Article)
  • King, S., O'Beirne, G.A., Fromont, R., Murray, C. and King, J. (2010) The New Zealand Hearing Screening Test. Christchurch, New Zealand: New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain & Behaviour (NZILBB) Workshop, 8-10 Dec 2010. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Maclagan, M., Watson, C.I., Harlow, R., King, J. and Keegan, P. (2009) /u/ fronting and /t/ aspiration in Māori and New Zealand English. Language Variation and Change 21(2): 175-192. (Journal Article)
  • King, J., Harlow, R., Watson, C., Keegan, P. and Maclagan, M. (2009) Changing Pronunciation of the Māori Language: Implications for Revitalization. In J. Reyhner and L. Lockard (Ed.), Indigenous Language Revitalization: Encouragement, Guidance & Lessons Learned: 85-96. Flagstaff: Northern Arizona University. (Chapter in Book)
  • Maclagan, M., Watson, C., King, J., Harlow, R., Thompson, L. and Keegan, P. (2009) Investigating Changes in the Rhythm of Maori over Time. Brighton, UK: 10th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association - Interspeech 2009, 6-10 Sep 2009. (Conference Contribution - Poster presentation)
  • King, J. (2009) Language is Life: The Worldview of Second Language Speakers of Māori. In J. Reyhner and L. Lockard (Ed.), Indigenous Language Revitalization: Encouragement, Guidance & Lessons Learned: 97-108. Flagstaff: Northern Arizona University. (Chapter in Book)
  • Keegan, P., King, J., Harlow, R., Maclagan, M. and Watson, C. (2009) Ngā Nekehanga o te Whakahua i te Reo Māori i roto i te Rautau kua Hipa nei. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Scholarship 4(2): 179-197 (Imprint date: 2008). (Journal Article)
  • King, J. and Gully, N. (2009) Nōku Te Ao: a new generation of Māori immersion preschools. Hamilton, New Zealand: 2nd International Conference on Language, Education and Diversity (LED2007), 21-24 Nov 2007. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Harlow, R., Keegan, P., King, J., Maclagan, M. and Watson, C. (2009) The changing sound of the Māori language. In J.N. Stanford and D.R. Preston (Ed.), Variation in Indigenous Minority Languages: 129-152. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. (Chapter in Book)
  • Watson, C., Harlow, R., Bauer, W., Maclagan, M., King, J. and Keegan, P. (2008) Ka conversion - the changing sound and rhythm of Mäori? Wellington, New Zealand: Laboratory Phonology 11 Conference, 30 Jun-2 Jul 2008. (Conference Contribution - Poster presentation)
  • Watson, C., Maclagan, M., King, J. and Harlow, R. (2008) The English Pronunciation of Successive Groups of Maori Speakers. Brisbane, Australia: 9th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (Interspeech 2008) incorporating the 12th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (SST 2008), 22-26 Sep 2008. 338-341. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • King, J. (2007) Eke ki runga i te waka: The use of dominant metaphors by newly-fluent Māori speakers in historical perspective. PhD, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. (Thesis - Doctor of Philosophy)
  • Watson, C., Maclagan, M., King, J. and Harlow, R. (2006) Are there L1 and L2 effects in the speech of young speakers of Maori? Auckland, New Zealand: 11th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology, 6-8 Dec 2006. In Proceedings of the 11th Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology 317-322. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • King, J. (2006) Wananga Reo - Maori Language Camps for Adults. In T.L. McCarty, O. Zepeda (Ed.), One Voice, Many Voices: Recreating Indigenous Language Communities: 73-86. Tempe: Arizona State University Center for Indian Education. (Chapter in Book)
  • Maclagan, M. and King, J. (2005) A note on the realisation of /r/ in the word Māori. New Zealand English Journal 18: 35-39. (Journal Article)
  • Maclagan, M., Harlow, R., King, J., Keegan, P. and Watson, C. (2005) Acoustic Analysis of Maori: Historical Data. Sydney, Australia: Australian Linguistics Society 2004, 13-15 Jul 2004. In Proceedings of the 2004 Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society 16 pp. http://tinyurl.com/ofc8e. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Harlow, R., Keegan, P., King, J., Maclagan, M. and Watson, C. (2005) Te Whakahuatanga i te reo Māori: kua ahatia e tatou i roto i nga tau 100 kua hipa nei? He Puna Korero - Journal of Māori & Pacific Development 6(1): 45-57. (Journal Article)
  • Maclagan, M., Harlow, R., King, J., Keegan, P. and Watson, C. (2004) Acoustic Analysis of Māori: Historical Data. Sydney, Australia: Australian Linguistic Society, 13-15 Jul 2004. In Proceedings of the 2004 Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society 16pp. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/104. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Maclagan, M., Harlow, R., King, J., Keegan, P. and Watson, C. (2004) New Zealand English Influence on Māori Pronunciation Over Time. Te Reo 47(2004): 7-27. (Journal Article)
  • Maclagan, M.A., King, J. and Jones, I. (2003) Devoiced final /z/ in Māori English. New Zealand English Journal 17: 17-27. (Journal Article)
  • King, J. (2003) 'Whaia Te Reo: Pursuing the Language': How Metaphors Describe Our Relationships with Indigenous Languages. In J. Reyhner, O.V. Trujillo, R.L. Carrasco, and L. Lockard (Ed.), Nurturing Native Languages: 105-124. Flagstaff, AZ: Northern Arizona University. http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~jar/NNL/NNL_8.pdf. (Chapter in Book)
  • Maclagan, M. and King, J. (2002) The Pronunciation of wh in Māori: A case study from the late nineteenth century. Te Reo 45(2002): 45-63. (Journal Article)
  • King, J. (2001) Te Kōhanga Reo: Māori Language Revitalization. In L. Hinton and K. Hale (Ed.), The Green Book of Language Revitalization in Practice: 118-128. San Diego: Academic Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • King,J. (1999) Lessons from Maori schooling experience - 13 years of Immersion Schools. Maynooth, Foundation for Endangered Languages: Proceedings of the Third Conference of the Foundation for Endangered Languages., 17-19 September, 1999. 117-124. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • King,J. (1999) Talking Bro: Maori English in the University Setting. Te Reo 42: 20-38. (Journal Article)
  • King, J. (1995) Maori English as a solidarity marker for te reo Maori. New Zealand Studies in Applied Linguistics 1: 51-59. (Journal Article)
  • King, J. (1994) Te whare pukapuka me te ao Māori : the accessibility of Māori studies information in the University of Canterbury Library. Christchurch: Department of Māori. 59pp. (Monograph)
  • King, J. (1993) Māori English: a phonological study. New Zealand English Newsletter (7): 33-47. (Journal Article)