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Story: Speech and accent

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. Early New Zealand speech

  3. Explanations of New Zealand speech

  4. Features of the New Zealand accent

  5. Sound changes in speech

  6. Variation within New Zealand English

  7. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - Early New Zealand speech

New Zild and how to speak it

New Zild and how to speak it

Samuel McBurney

Samuel McBurney

Pronunciation critics

Pronunciation critics (1st of 2)

The colonial twang

The colonial twang (2nd of 2)

Mobile Disc Recording Unit

Mobile Disc Recording Unit

Changing New Zealand speech

Changing New Zealand speech

From page 2 - Explanations of New Zealand speech

Arnold Wall

Arnold Wall

New Zealand immigrants from England by county, 1840–52

New Zealand immigrants from England by county, 1840–52

St Joseph's School, Paeroa, 1900

St Joseph's School, Paeroa, 1900

From page 3 - Features of the New Zealand accent

Vowel phonemes of New Zealand English

Vowel phonemes of New Zealand English (1st of 3)

Diphthongs in New Zealand English

Diphthongs in New Zealand English (2nd of 3)

Consonant phonemes of New Zealand English

Consonant phonemes of New Zealand English (3rd of 3)

Fush & chups

Fush & chups

Lynn of Tawa meets Elton John, 1980

Lynn of Tawa meets Elton John, 1980

Changing vowel

Changing vowel

From page 4 - Sound changes in speech

Colture and scolpture

Colture and scolpture

Bottle of bear

Bottle of bear

From page 5 - Variation within New Zealand English

Social class variation

Social class variation

The Southland 'rolling R'

The Southland 'rolling R'

Māori English

Māori English

Eh

Eh

How to cite this page:

Elizabeth Gordon, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/speech-and-accent/media (accessed 24 May 2022)

Story by Elizabeth Gordon, published 5 Sep 2013

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