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Articles by Andreea S. Calude
English doesn’t need protecting in New Zealand - but other languages do
Anyone tuning into political debates about the recently introduced English Language Bill might be led to think New Zealand’s most widely spoken tongue is endangered. The bill, which forms part of a coalition deal between the New Zealand First and National parties and aims to make English an official language in Aotearoa, has been widely criticised as unnecessary. One opposition MP branded it an “answer to a problem that does not exist”.
Sweet as - The [ADJ + as] intensifier construction in Māori English/Aotearoa English
1 INTRODUCTION New Zealand English (NZE) is considered one of the youngest varieties of English, and among the most remote, spoken in Aotearoa New Zealand (ANZ).1 It emerged as the result of British colonialism initiated in the first half of the nineteenth century and represents a settler colonial variety (Denis & D'Arcy, 2018), characterised by a number of features and patterns that set it apart within the panoply of World Englishes (e.g. Calude, 2019; Clark et al., in press; Gordon &...
Analysing A/O Possession in Māori-Language Tweets
1. Introduction Like most of its Polynesian cousins, Māori, the indigenous language of Aotearoa New Zealand, has a complex possessive system involving a choice between the so-called A and O categories. This system encompasses a range of different forms (Harlow 2000; Bauer et al. 1997, pp. 390–407), with A/O alternation having been described as one of the “thorniest” aspects of Māori grammar (Harlow 2007, p. 170).
will New Zealand's plain language law finally make bureaucrats talk like normal people?
Which sentence is easier to understand? “He was conveyed to his place of residence in an intoxicated condition.” Or, “He was carried home drunk.” Most people choose the latter, for obvious reasons. This century-old example is a useful illustration of how “plain language” can be used to communicate more clearly, from everyday interactions right through to government documents. The new Plain Language Bill now before parliament aims to make this more than just an ideal.
We analysed NZ Twitter users’ language during lockdown - with surprising results
Sat Jul 30 Written by Andreea S. Calude, Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, University of Waikato Social media has the reputation of being spontaneous, rushed, prone to typos and ungrammatical sentences, and generally a linguistic disaster. And some of it is. However, analysis of Twitter posts on the topic of COVID-19 suggests there is more to social media language than first meets the eye. While pandemics are not new, COVID-19 is the first to occur in the social media era.
We analysed NZ Twitter users' language during lockdown, with surprising results
Social media has the reputation of being spontaneous, rushed, prone to typos and ungrammatical sentences, and generally a linguistic disaster. And some of it is. However, analysis of Twitter posts on the topic of COVID-19 suggests there is more to social media language than first meets the eye. While pandemics are not new, COVID-19 is the first to occur in the social media era.
We analysed NZ Twitter users’ language during lockdown - with surprising results
Social media has the reputation of being spontaneous, rushed, prone to typos and ungrammatical sentences, and generally a linguistic disaster. And some of it is. However, analysis of Twitter posts on the topic of COVID-19 suggests there is more to social media language than first meets the eye. While pandemics are not new, COVID-19 is the first to occur in the social media era.
Do jabs hurt more than shots or dots? Why language matters in medicine
About a decade ago, Welsh doctor and academic Nefyn Williams wrote an editorial about one of his patients asking him whether the damage to his painful knees, which had been diagnosed as degenerative change, was wear and tear. Williams highlighted how poor this choice of words was in his editorial “Words that harm: words that heal”.
Language Matters: why are words borrowed by other languages?
Given that 2018 census data suggests only 4 per cent of New Zealanders speak te reo Māori, it seems curious that many of us have learnt to recognise, if not also use, Māori words, Andreea Calude writes. OPINION: If you live in New Zealand, chances are you will come across words of Māori origin sooner or later, either in newspapers, on the radio, in everyday conversation, or on TV.
Hashtags may not be words, grammatically speaking, but they help spread a message
Image by Tanja-Denise Schantz via Pixabay SPONSORED ARTICLES Hashtags are a pervasive feature of social media posts and used widely in search engines. Anything with the intent of attracting a wide audience usually comes with a memorable hashtag — #MeToo, #FreeHongKong, #LoveWins, #BlackLivesMatter, #COVID19 and #SupremeCourt are just some examples.
Hashtags may not be words, grammatically speaking, but they help spread a message
Hashtags are a pervasive feature of social media posts and used widely in search engines. Anything with the intent of attracting a wide audience usually comes with a memorable hashtag — #MeToo, #FreeHongKong, #LoveWins, #BlackLivesMatter, #COVID19 and #SupremeCourt are just some examples.
Hashtags may not be words, grammatically speaking, but they help spread a message
Credit: Shutterstock/Yurii Zymovin Hashtags are a pervasive feature of social media posts and used widely in search engines. Anything with the intent of attracting a wide audience usually comes with a memorable hashtag—#MeToo, #FreeHongKong, #LoveWins, #BlackLivesMatter, #COVID19 and #SupremeCourt are just some examples.
Hashtags may not be words, grammatically speaking, but they help spread a message
Hashtags are a pervasive feature of social media posts and used widely in search engines. Anything with the intent of attracting a wide audience usually comes with a memorable hashtag — #MeToo, #FreeHongKong, #LoveWins, #BlackLivesMatter, #COVID19 and #SupremeCourt are just some examples.
Questions About Language
Table of Contents List of illustrations About the contributors Introduction 1. Do animals communicate using a language? Stephen R. Anderson 2. Is talking work doing work? Jo Angouri and Ifigenia Machili 3. What makes a language a language? Laurie Bauer 4. Do people swear because they don’t know enough words? Kate Burridge 5. Is written grammar better than spoken grammar? Andreea S. Calude 6. Is language change good or bad? Lyle Campbell and Russell Barlow 7.
Maori loanwords in NZ English are less about meaning, more about identity
More and more Māori words are commonly used by speakers of New Zealand English. The word aroha means love or compassion. Credit: www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND Ask the average Kiwi on the street about Māori words in New Zealand English, and most will tell you that more and more are being used in everyday language. This increase in borrowing goes against observations in other language examples.
Māori loanwords in NZ English are less about meaning, more about identity
Ask the average Kiwi on the street about Māori words in New Zealand English, and most will tell you that more and more are being used in everyday language. This increase in borrowing goes against observations in other language examples. Typically, most borrowing tends to happen from the dominant language to the minority or Indigenous language.
Māori loanwords in NZ English are less about meaning, more about identity
By Andreea S. Calude, Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, University of Waikato More and more Māori words are commonly used by speakers of New Zealand English. The word aroha means love or compassion. from www.shutterstock.com, CC BY-ND Ask the average Kiwi on the street about Māori words in New Zealand English, and most will tell you that more and more are being used in everyday language. This increase in borrowing goes against observations in other language examples.
Māori loanwords in NZ English are less about meaning, more about identity
Ask the average Kiwi on the street about Māori words in New Zealand English, and most will tell you that more and more are being used in everyday language. This increase in borrowing goes against observations in other language examples. Typically, most borrowing tends to happen from the dominant language to the minority or indigenous language.
One story, two languages: sign and spoken language share the theatre stage
This article was co-authored by Kellye Bensley. Would you go and see a bilingual or multilingual show if you only spoke one of the languages staged? What if by going, you could open your mind not just to a new language, but also a new culture? In New Zealand, it is rare to see theatre performed in New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL), and rarer still to see it performed through the hands of a first language user.
The slippery grammar of spoken vs written English
By Andreea S. Calude, Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, University of Waikato My grammar checker and I are on a break. Due to irreconcilable differences, we are no longer on speaking terms. It all started when it became dead set on putting commas before every single “which”. Despite all the angry underlining, “this is a habit which seems prevalent” does not need a comma before “which”. Take it from me, I am a linguist.
The slippery grammar of spoken vs written English
My grammar checker and I are on a break. Due to irreconcilable differences, we are no longer on speaking terms. It all started when it became dead set on putting commas before every single “which”. Despite all the angry underlining, “this is a habit which seems prevalent” does not need a comma before “which”. Take it from me, I am a linguist. This is just one of many challenging cases where grammar is slippery and hard to pin down.
Evolution actually - A tale of two disciplines
I wrote a recent post which touched on adopting approaches from other disciplines, specifically biology, and applying them to language data. It started a long time ago, that we realised language, as abstract and elusive as it might seem, can be thought of (and even more, modelled) in a similar vein to biological phenomena – people credit Darwin with this idea but given what we know about the attribution of scientific discoveries, the idea likely floated around in the air much before him.
Kia ora: how Māori borrowings shape New Zealand English
By Andreea S. Calude, Senior Lecturer in Linguistics, University of Waikato New Zealand English is one of the youngest dialects of English. It exhibits a number of unique features and the use of words from the indigenous M?ori language is probably the most salient and easily recognisable one. In our latest research, we found that the process by which M?ori words are most frequently borrowed resembles the Darwinian concept of evolutionary fitness.
Kia ora: how Māori borrowings shape New Zealand English
New Zealand English is one of the youngest dialects of English. It exhibits a number of unique features and the use of words from the indigenous M?ori language is probably the most salient and easily recognisable one. In our latest research, we found that the process by which M?ori words are most frequently borrowed resembles the Darwinian concept of evolutionary fitness. Borrowings from M?ori are so common that visitors to New Zealand only have to exit the plane to be greeted by haere mai.
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