sociolinguistics

Chapter 8: L. & Geography (Geolinguistics)

 Explain the koinéization process  with example of NZ

 -  koiné language is a standard language or dialect that has arisen as a result of contact between two or more mutually intelligible varieties (dialects) of the same language. --> stabilized contact variety

Since speakers already understood one another from before the advent of the koiné, the koineisation process is not as drastic as pidginization and creolization.  It involves continuity in that speakers do not need to abandon their own linguistic varieties. A koiné variety emerges as a new spoken variety in addition to the originating dialects; it does not change any existing dialect. That separates koineisation from normal evolution of dialects.

 
 
- NZ settlement with British speakers only in the 1840s
- 1st generation chose randomly from different dialect -> mixture, new combinations
- 2nd agreed subconsciously on a common, unified accent (variety of pronunciation)--> levelling process--> koinéization, similar to Australian English: mixture of different dialects of the British Isles in similar proportions
 
Also: Australian English, South African English

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