Author: Dianne Bardsley
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781877385841
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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The Book of New Zealand Words tells the story of New Zealand English through a selection of distinctive New Zealandisms drawn from every period in our history and every walk of life. Dianne Bardsley discusses the development of New Zealand English, the influence of the Maori language, and the connections between society, the media, and the words we use. Bardsley explores where we really get our words and popular sayings from: sports, politics, farming, popular culture and uniquely in the world - te reo Maori. Table of contents: * Introduction: Baches, berms and bush whisky * Notes on the text * Some linguistic terms * Abbreviations * New Zealand words * Endnotes * Select bibliography and further reading.
Author: Margot Schwass
Publisher: Bridget Williams Books
ISBN: 1877242349
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 201
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A short book about different practices for acknowledging death in the different cultures and religions currently in New Zealand. While it is designed for use by nurses and doctors, chaplains, funeral directors, police, hospice workers and community workers, the book is also intended for general readers.
Author: H. W. Orsman
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 9780143009955
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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It's a well-known fact that Kiwis have their own way of talking, and without a guide you can easily come a greaser. Have a gink at this beaut little book, and you won't need to feel a nong any more. In fact, you'll be away laughing. You can put a ring around that!
Author: Justin Brown
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780143772231
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 208
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Do you speak Nu Zild? In Kiwi Speak, bestselling author Justin Brown eavesdrops at the dinner table, the school yard, the farm and the sports club to bring us an entertaining dictionary of phrases and expressions - the often hilarious, sometimes baffling New Zealandisms we use in everyday life.
Author: Graeme D. Kennedy
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781877242113
Category : New Zealand Sign Language
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Over 26,000 New Zealanders are familiar with New Zealand Sign Language and sign language is increasingly used by mainstream New Zealand. This resource serves as the essential guide to the language for the deaf as well as for students, parents, and teachers. Approximately 2,500 commonly used signs are accompanied by drawings that are easy to follow and the guide's new layout makes the structure of the language clear. Additional learning tools are provided in the introduction.
Author: Thomas Kendall
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Maori language
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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See link to http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-KenGramm.html.
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780994120502
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: David McGill
Publisher: Raupo
ISBN: 9780790009124
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 239
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A comprehensive collection of the informal language of New Zealanders with more than 3000 entries to cover the astonishing range of weird and wonderful sayings that give Kiwispeak its distinctive flavour.
Author: Kirill Kruger
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780473215019
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages :
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Author: Elisabeth Easth
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 9780143770312
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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A lively anthology of fiction, nonfiction and poetry, celebrating the birds of Aotearoa. On the skyline a hawk languidly typing a hunting poem with its wings. - Hone Tuwhare New Zealand birds have inspired mythology, song, whimsical stories, detailed observation, humour and poetry. There are tales of shooting and taxidermy as well as of admiration and love. From the kakapo, kokako and kaka to the sparrow, starling and seagull, both native and imported birds have been immortalised in print. This is a varied and stimulating selection from the flocks of New Zealand writers who have given our birds a voice. They have brought extinct birds back to life and even enabled the kiwi to take flight on the page.
