Reflections on Lexical Borrowing and Code-switching in New Zealand English
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https://doi.org/10.26686/knznq.v3i2.691Abstract
New Zealand English is most obviously marked from other varieties of English by its lexical borrowings from te reo Maori. Many of these words have become so much a part of the New Zealand English lexicon that their Maori origin is not consciously registered by their users. Such words – kiwi, kumara and kauri would be obvious examples – have been borrowed from Maori and fully integrated into English. These loan-words are generally obedient to English rules of phonology, morphology, and syntax.
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2000-10-07
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