Address terms in New Zealand English: Tracking changes to the social indexicality of gendered terms of address

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Address terms in New Zealand English: Tracking changes to the social indexicality of gendered terms of address

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Victoria University of Wellington

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Recent research has suggested that some conventionally masculine address terms are becoming more gender neutral in English speaking countries. This study examines the four most prominent gendered address forms in New Zealand English: mate, bro, man and guys in order to gain insight into the terms’ social indexicalities, and track any shifts towards gender neutrality. The study takes a mixed-methods approach to analysing two distinct data sets: four corpora of spoken New Zealand English and a ...

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Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2016

Creator

Amy Giles-Mitson

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https://figshare.com/articles/thesis/Address_terms_in_New_Zealand_English_Tracking_changes_to_the...

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Discourse and pragmatics / Sociolinguistics / Language and gender / New Zealand English / Address terms / School: School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies / Discourse and Pragmatics / Language in Culture and Society (Sociolinguistics) / Expanding Knowledge in Language, Communication and Culture / Degree Discipline: Linguistics / Degree Level: Masters / Degree Name: Master of Arts

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