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Browsing School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies · Te Kura Tātari Reo by Subject "380205 Language in Culture and Society (sociolinguistics)"

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Immigrant Language Maintenance and Shift in the Gujarati, Dutch and Samoan Communities of Wellington

Roberts, Mary Lucy (Victoria University of Wellington, 1999)

This thesis makes a contribution to the study of language maintenance and shift among New Zealand ethnic minority communities; it explores reasons for different rates of shift and different outcomes in relation to language ...
Muslim Women in Wellington: Discursive Construction of Religious Identity in Personal Narratives.

Jessen, Brie (Victoria University of Wellington, 2009)

Using a social constructionist framework this thesis investigates the construction of Muslim women's religious identity through an analysis of the discursive and linguistic features of their narratives. Muslim identity ...
"Was That My Misunderstanding?": Managing Miscommunication and Problematic Talk at Work

Stubbe, Maria (Victoria University of Wellington, 2010)

Where workplace communication is ineffective or problematic there will often be negative outcomes for individuals, teams or organisations as a whole. This thesis examines these issues using data from a variety of New ...