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November 2017
Paperback, 210 x 148mm
300 pages
Throughout her 45-year career at Victoria University of Wellington, Professor Janet Holmes has operated at the cutting edge of sociolinguistics. She is recognised as a field leader, a pioneer for new approaches, and a warm and generous mentor. Linguist at Work brings together contributions from those who are lucky enough to count themselves among Janet’s colleagues, students, collaborators and friends.
The chapters present new research ideas and analysis, paying tribute to Janet in their quality and depth of engagement. From treatments of folk linguistics to sociophonetics, from the language of consent to the language used in children’s books, from humour and leadership to the methods and applications of workplace discourse, the range of material reflects Janet’s own contribution to so many different parts of linguistics.
This Festschrift speaks to the international mana in which Janet is held, her academic impact on (socio)linguistic research about New Zealand and New Zealand English, and her status as a founder in the now thriving field of workplace discourse.
CONTENTS
Foreword
by Bill Manhire
Linguist at work: Introduction
by Meredith Marra & Paul Warren
The mana of Janet Holmes: Leading research in linguistics
Reanalysis and remotivation
by Laurie Bauer
Truth, trust and trumpery
by Sally McConnell-Ginet
Sociolinguistic perspectives on consent in the legal process
by Diana Eades and Susan Ehrlich
A corpus based approach to –own/-ewn disyllabicity in New Zealand English
by David Britain
Janet Holmes in her local community: Language (use) in New Zealand
The sound of women in New Zealand English
by Paul Warren, Andy Gibson & Jen Hay
Tagalog language maintenance and shift in the New Zealand Filipino community
by Ronalyn Umali & Allan Bell
Singing is the first thing that came into my head: Emotions and language maintenance among Filipino migrants in New Zealand
by Julia de Bres
Audiences, referees and landscapes: Understanding the use of Māori and English in New Zealand dual language picturebooks through a sociolinguistic lens
by Nicola Daly
Janet Holmes as pioneer: Language in the workplace
The Wellington Language in the Workplace Project: Creating stability through flexibility
by Bernadette Vine & Meredith Marra
Evolution by design: building a New Zealand corpus of health interactions
by Maria Stubbe
Interpersonal pragmatics and workplace interaction
by Jo Angouri & Miriam Locher
Leadership and self-denigrating humour: An oxymoron?
by Stephanie Schnurr & Angela Chan
Applying research to real world challenges and issues. Developing research-based resources to help migrants enter the workforce.
by Angela Joe & Nicky Riddiford
Meredith Marra is Director of the Wellington Language in the Workplace Project, and currently Head of the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies at Victoria University of Wellington.
Paul Warren is Professor in Linguistics in the School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies at Victoria University of Wellington.
Cover: Don Binney (1940–2012), Mana Island 1971 (Victoria University of Wellington Students’ Association, on loan to Victoria University of Wellington Art Collection)
