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2012 articles archive

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  • pdf587KB4 January - If you're on the road to a TWP you need to read between the lines
  • pdf529KB18 January - Let me tell ye how 'yous' became the plural of 'you'
  • pdf768KB1 February - Formal, or not so formal, use of language defines us
  • pdf563KB15 February - We can only hope to escape reproach
  • pdf867KB29 February - New Zealand politics and life infused with tea terms
  • pdf902KB28 March - Speaking other tongues opens important doors
  • pdf538KB11 April - Children learn to interpret language in social context
  • pdf783KB25 April - Facial similarities basis for BBC vocal experiment
  • pdf196KB9 May - Men of few words? Not these Kiwi blokes
  • pdf174KB23 May - You may mean what you say but do you say what you mean?
  • pdf184KB6 June - If your job's a joke, just tell one
  • pdf184KB20 June - Apostrophes a fraught territory in lens of linguistic landscape
  • pdf165KB4 July - Science world a confusing minefield of words with multiple meanings
  • pdf154KB18 July - The things we are required to say in order to be understood in English
  • pdf176KB1 August - Common ground or just a sound?
  • pdf112KB15 August - Should Kiwis speak more slowly?
  • pdf173KB29 August - Kiwi slang has moved from the underworld to the mainstream

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