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Members of ISLE can choose to create a brief profile of their current research activities for publication on our website. Each profile may contain up to 5 'themes', and each theme may include any number of keywords.
We aim for this page to be a showcase of research in English Linguistics. It will enable members to get in touch with others working on related research topics.
(Socio)Linguistic Effects across Political Borders
Long neglected as "unimportant" variation, political borders that cut across older dialect zones reveal interesting linguistic and sociolinguistic features that are very "real" for speakers
- Website: https://ubc.academia.edu/StefanDollinger/Border-Studies
- Expires after: 01-01-2555
- Keywords: Dialectology,Historical Linguistics,Language Change,World Englishes,Variationist Linguistics
Language variation in a multilingual-multicultural space
This is my PhD project at ANU. Find more:
- Website: https://saurabhknath.github.io/
- Expires after: 31-12-2030
- Keywords: Dialectology,Corpus Linguistics,Variationist Linguistics,Sociophonetics
Geolinguistics
How can we describe language variation as a function of geographic space?
- Expires after: 01-01-2030
- Keywords: Dialectology,Dialectometry,Typology,Dialect Typology
The BE-passive in Gibraltar English
The study of the BE-passive in Gibraltar English, with a focus on grammatical variation, socio-cultural pragmatics and language contact.
- Website: view0.webs.uvigo.es/team/marina-perez
- Expires after: 31-05-2029
- Keywords: Corpus Linguistics,Dialectology,Grammatical Variation,Language Contact,Language Identity,Pragmatics,Sociolinguistics,Synchronic Linguistics,Syntax,World Englishes
AJAY MALIK
Ajay Malik is a PhD candidate in Linguistics at Central University of Rajasthan, India. He holds dual master's degrees, one in Linguistics, and another in English.
- Expires after: 01-11-2027
- Keywords: Sociolinguistics,Dialectology,Legal English
Purrieties of Language
language variation in cat-related digital spaces
- Website: https://meowfactor.hypotheses.org/
- Expires after: 28-02-2027
- Keywords: Dialectology,Regional Dialects,Sociolinguistics,Computer-mediated Communication
Creole and English in a British Overseas Territory Language Variations and Language Attitudes in 21st Century Anguilla
One’s aim is to perform an in-depth sociolinguistic analysis of Anguillians' use of and attitudes towards their native language as well as their outlook on other varieties of English.
- Website: www.hpsl-linguistics.org/user/784/
- Expires after: 30-04-2025
- Keywords: Caribbean Englishes,Corpus Linguistics,Sociolinguistics,Dialectology,World Englishes,Dialect Typology