Table of Contents

New Zealand English past and present; New Zealand English as regional dialect - the British comparison; the New Zealand accent - origins in the 19th century, attitudes to a New Zealand accent; the pronunciation of New Zealand English - vowels, diphthongs, consonants, spelling pronunciations, intonation, variation within New Zealand English speech; New Zealand English vocabulary - New Zealandisms, lexical change and New Zealand English, borrowing from Maori, word-formation or growth from within, changes of meaning (semantic change), survivals from British dialects, words in regional use; conclusion; the pronunciation of loan-words from Maori; pronunciation guide; how to use the dictionary; the dictionary.