Languages in contact II The use of Maori words in English

Winifred Bauer completed a grammar of Maori as resident in the Stout Research Centre and has now finished a draft for non-linguists. This seminar was given on 14 I une. When languages come into contact, it is normal for there to be influence in both directions. There are usually borrowings both ways, and when speakers of one language learn the other, they usually show influence from their first one when they speak the second. All of this can be seen in the contact be-tween English and Maori. Mary Boyce has addressed some contact issues from the point of view of Maori. This paper looks at two related issues concerning English borrowing from Maori. Many other interes t-ing language contact issues, such as the function of the liberal sprinkling of Maori words in the Englis