The Peculiarities of New Zealand English

The English language is the property of about 350 million people round the world, and, as as second language, it is spoken, with varying degrees of proficiency, by as many more. Today English is the language of the world. It is not only the national or official language of some thirty states that represent different cultures, but it is also the major international language of communication in such areas as science, technology, business, diplomacy and mass entertainment.
Today the native speakers of English live in Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand and the United States of America. Besides, English is used as one of the official languages in Canada, the South African Republic and the Irish Republic. Though the many forms of English are commonly defined as 'Englishes', each area of the English-speaking world has developed its own special characteristics. Actually, we use the term 'variety' when we refer to a form of English associated with a group of people, e.g. Black English, or with a particular region, e.g. British English and American English, or with an activity, e.g. legal English, advertising English. (2; p. ) Then, a 'dialect' is a variety used by people from a particular geographical area, e.g. Yorkshire dialect (of English in England).
At present two main varieties of English are politically and linquistically dominant – The Received Standard of Southern Britain (RP) and a generalized form of American English (GAE) spoken along the eastern seabord of the USA, and in particular the variety spoken by educated Americans in the great cities of Boston, Washington, and New York.(3; VIII)
As I am studying British English touching upon some aspects of American English as well, my curiosity about other varieties of English is quite natural. I doubt whether I will ever have a chance to visit Oceania in my life, still,...

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