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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"New Zealand English"”.
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The challenges for international students encountering New Zealand English and Te Reo Māori
… challenges that international students face in New Zealand's tertiary education system, focusing on the combined impact of New Zealand English (NZE) and te reo Māori. While many studies have looked at the difficulties of understanding NZE or the role of te reo Māori in education, few have …
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The Use of the Present Perfect and Simple Past in New Zealand English
A sample of speakers of New Zealand English was surveyed regarding metalinguistic perceptions of how the simple past (e.g., went) and the present perfect (e.g., have/has gone) can be used. All sections of the survey received at least 60 responses. Participants were exposed to a range of sentences, …
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Visualising categorical data: Linguistic case studies from te Reo Māori and New Zealand English
… than existing alternatives, thereby affording new possibilities for analysing multivariate categorical data. However, since categorical variables can occur within more complex data structures, we also consider their presence in networks and hypergraphs, which require specialised methods. To …
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Multimodal (im)politeness: the verbal, prosodic and non-verbal realization of disagreement in German and New Zealand English
… the disagreeing behaviour of Germans and New Zealanders exhibited during televised panel discussions on a verbal, prosodic, and non-verbal level. More specifically, the present study aims to uncover whether there are differences in the use of prosodic and non-verbal cues between the two …
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Teacher Development for English Language Teaching in China: Based on English Language Teachers' Beliefs and Practices in New Zealand
This study inquired into English language teachers’ beliefs and practices in China and in New Zealand, and explored the process of using New Zealand English language teachers’ beliefs and practices as a stimulus in promoting and developing Chinese English language teachers’ understanding of English …
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Demonstrative clefts in spoken English
… of cleft constructions found in spoken New Zealand English. In particular, the main analysis focuses on one cleft type, namely on the demonstrative cleft; examples include (a) 'That's what I had in mind' and (b) 'That's what I thought'. The demonstrative cleft has received little …