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Jeanette King

Professor at University of Canterbury

Areas of expertise

  • - The pronunciation of te reo Māori
  • - The Māori phrasal lexicon
  • - Māori language revitalisation
  • - Non-verbal cues
  • - Māori English
  • - Intergenerational transmission of minority languages

About me

I have published widely in areas relating to the Māori language and languages spoken by Māori - from aspects of linguistic change, particularly in the phrasal lexicon, through to language revitalization. I am a member of the MAONZE (Māori and New Zealand English) project examining change over time in the pronunciation of Māori.

I lead the bilingualism theme at the New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour (NZILBB) at UC where my current research includes work on non-verbal behaviour of Māori and Pākehā in New Zealand. Another project, entitled Tuhinga Māhorahora, collects and analyses writing by children in Māori immersion schooling in order to provide feedback to teachers about the use of Māori by their students.