Dirty Silence Aspects Of Language And Literature In New Zealand

Author: Graham McGregor (Editor); Mark Williams (Editor); Ray Harlow (Editor)

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ISBN : 9780195582277
Publisher : Oxford University Press
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Publication date : 01 March 1992
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This collection of essays addresses the issue of language use in New Zealand, focusing in particular on Maori and New Zealand English. Written by scholars and writers living in New Zealand, the essays examine two aspects of language study. The essays in the first half deal with broadly
linguistic aspects such as the historical development of the languages, contemporary issues affecting their linguistic character, and matters of political and social concern in their everyday use. Those in the second half have a more literary focus, exploring oral and narrative traditions of early
Maori writers on the one hand, and contrasting traditions in Pakeha and Maori writers on the other.