LEXICAL AND PHONETIC FEATURES OF EARLY NEW ZEALAND ENGLISH
Bekeeva Anna Rapkatovna
Peoples' Friendship University of Russia
Abstract. The article considers national and cultural features of early New Zealand English. The paper analyzes basic lexical and phonetic innovations that formed national literary norms on the basis of British dialects and the Maori language. It has been shown that New Zealand English has national and cultural peculiarities at all language levels. The Maori borrowing is a specific national peculiarity of New Zealand English.
Key words and phrases: новозеландский национальный вариант английского языка, Новая Зеландия, маори, социолингвистический статус, национальная литературная норма, национально-культурная специфика, New Zealand English, New Zealand, Maori, sociolinguistic status, national literary norm, national and cultural feature
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