ProfessorJohn Macalister

Emeritus Professor

School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies

  • Emeritus Professor
    School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies
  • +6444635609 (Work)
  • VZ 404, Von Zedlitz Building, 26 / 28 Kelburn Parade, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Language teaching methodology
Language curriculum design
Language policy
Linguistic landscapes
New Zealand English

John Macalister has created an electronic corpus of New Zealand English. This corpus is drawn from newspapers published in the year 2000, selected parliamentary debates from the same year, and from eight years of the School Journal (1909–2000). It provides empirical data for the study of lexical change in written New Zealand English. You can access this corpus and a couple of articles about it on the School's Resources and Publications page.