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This course explores sociolinguistic variation, theory and research methodology. The course will generally include research-based analysis of New Zealand English, with access to the Origins of New Zealand English (ONZE) database.
Variation in language is not just random, but can be structured. This variation often leads to change, such that one generation of speakers can sound different from the next. This course explores linguistic variability and examines (a) how language varies according to a whole range of different factors (e.g. speaker gender and social class, and e.g. how the connections people can be correlated with particular linguistic forms), and (b) how language changes over time. For (b) we will compare the speech of older speakers with that of younger speakers, and we will also use archive data so we can go much further back in time. The course will include practical research-based analysis of New Zealand English, with access to the Origins of New Zealand English database.
LING206 or LING207 or any two of LING215-LING217
LING203, LING303
Kevin Watson
Kiesling, Scott; Linguistic Variation and Change ; Edinborough University Press, 2011.
Domestic fee $1,191.00
International fee $5,175.00
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see School of Languages and Cultures .