Miscellanea

Research Group: Māori and New Zealand English (MAONZE)

The MAONZE group studies sound change over time in the Māori language. We have studied the Māori and English pronunciation of 3 groups of men: Mobile Unit (MU) speakers born in the 1880s, Kaumatua (K) born in the 1920s and 30s and young (Y) speakers born in the 1970s and 80s. The Y speakers are first (L1Y) and second (L2Y) language speakers of Maori. Current work involves analysis of the speech of women and study of changes to the rhythm of Māori.

Find more information about the project here

Research site: Language on the Move

Language on the Move (ISSN 2203-5001) is a peer-reviewed sociolinguistics research site devoted to multilingualism, language learning and intercultural communication in the contexts of globalization and migration. The site aims to disseminate sociolinguistic research to a broad global audience.

Cyberspora: Diaspora Communities Online

Cyberspora is an online community founded by linguist and member Dr Aniko Hatoss.

The word Cyberspora has two meanings in our context. The first refers to the fact that contemporary diasporic communities connect through the Internet and make increasing use of technology for maintaining their cultural heritage and identity . The second meaning is that we can exchange ideas about all minority language communities and those 'on the move' through an online facility.

Community Workshops in Wellington, New Zealand

Dr Corinne Seals has created two workshops for community/heritage language teachers to be administered with the Community Languages Association of New Zealand. In addition, Dr Seals created a presentation on heritage languages, which was given to stakeholders at 'Lining Up Languages' government conferences. Dr Seals has also contributed to Maori Languages Bill government hearings.

Advice and Consultations available in Wellington, New Zealand

Dr Corinne Seals of the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand offers advice and consultation to government organisations, community based organisations, schools (formal and community), and individual families on heritage language maintenance and flexible multilingual education.

Click here for Dr Seals' contact details.

The International Association of Multilingualism (IAM)

The INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MULTILINGUALISM is an international network of scholars who share an interest in multilingualism. It was founded in 2003 by Jasone Cenoz, Britta Hufeisen and Ulrike Jessner.

The association organizes a conference every two years and its members are regularly involved in organizing workshops, seminars and panel discussions at conferences around the world.

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