New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) is an annual academic conference in sociolinguistics. NWAV attracts researchers and students conducting linguistic scientific investigations into patterns of language variation, the study of language change in progress, and the interrelationship between language and society, including how language variation is shaped by and continually shapes societal institutions, social and interpersonal relationships, and individual and group identities.

The conference originated under the title New Ways of Analyzing Variation in English in October 1972 at Georgetown University; "English" was dropped from the conference title later as languages other than English entered the conference's focus.[1][2] The most recent meeting, NWAV 51, was held in 2023 in New York City, hosted by Queens College. The next meeting will be held in November 2024 in Miami, Florida, hosted by Florida International University.

Past conferences

YearTitleLocationHost
2024NWAV 52Miami, FloridaFlorida International University
2023NWAV 51New York City, New YorkQueens College
2022NWAV 50San Jose, CaliforniaStanford University
2021NWAV 49onlineThe University of Texas at Austin
2019NWAV 48Eugene, OregonUniversity of Oregon
2018NWAV 47New York CityNew York University and City University of New York
2017NWAV 46Madison, WisconsinUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
2016NWAV 45VancouverSimon Fraser University and University of Victoria
2015NWAV 44TorontoUniversity of Toronto and York University
2014NWAV 43ChicagoUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and University of Illinois at Chicago
2013NWAV 42PittsburghUniversity of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University
2012NWAV 41Bloomington, IndianaIndiana University, Bloomington
2011NWAV 40Washington, D.C.Georgetown University
2010NWAV 39San AntonioUniversity of Texas, San Antonio
2009NWAV 38OttawaUniversity of Ottawa
2008NWAV 37HoustonRice University
2007NWAV 36PhiladelphiaUniversity of Pennsylvania
2006NWAV 35Columbus, OhioOhio State University
2005NWAV 34New York CityNew York University
2004NWAV 33Ann Arbor, MichiganUniversity of Michigan
2003NWAV 32PhiladelphiaUniversity of Pennsylvania
2002NWAV 31Stanford, CaliforniaStanford University
2001NWAV 30Raleigh, North CarolinaNorth Carolina State University
2000NWAV 29East Lansing, MichiganMichigan State University
1999NWAV 28TorontoUniversity of Toronto
1998NWAV 27Athens, GeorgiaUniversity of Georgia
1997NWAV 26Quebec CityLaval University
1996NWAV 25Las VegasUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas
1995NWAV 24PhiladelphiaUniversity of Pennsylvania
1994NWAV 23Stanford, CaliforniaStanford University
1993NWAV 22OttawaUniversity of Ottawa
1992NWAV 21Ann Arbor, MichiganUniversity of Michigan
1991NWAV 20Washington, D.C.Georgetown University
1990NWAV 19PhiladelphiaUniversity of Pennsylvania
1989NWAV 18Durham, North CarolinaDuke University
1988NWAV 17MontrealUniversity of Montreal
1987NWAV 16Austin, TexasUniversity of Texas, Austin
1986NWAV 15Stanford, CaliforniaStanford University
1985NWAV 14Washington, D.C.Georgetown University
1984NWAV 13PhiladelphiaUniversity of Pennsylvania
1983NWAVE 12MontrealUniversity of Montreal
1982NWAVE 11Washington, D.C.Georgetown University
1981NWAVE XPhiladelphiaUniversity of Pennsylvania
1980NWAVE IXAnn Arbor, MichiganUniversity of Michigan
1979NWAVE VIIIMontrealUniversity of Quebec, Montreal
1978NWAVE VIIWashington, D.C.Georgetown University
1977NWAVE VIWashington, D.C.Georgetown University
1976NWAVE VWashington, D.C.Georgetown University
1975NWAVE IVWashington, D.C.Georgetown University
1974NWAVE IIIWashington, D.C.Georgetown University
1973NWAVE IIWashington, D.C.Georgetown University
1972NWAVE IWashington, D.C.Georgetown University

See also

References

  1. Tagliamonte, Sali A. (2016). Making Waves: The Story of Variationist Sociolinguistics. John Wiley & Sons. p. 21. ISBN 9781118455166.
  2. Hazen, Kirk (2011). "Chapter 2: Labov: Language Variation and Change". In Wodak, Ruth; Johnstone, Barbara; Kerswill, Paul (eds.). The SAGE Handbook of Sociolinguistics. SAGE. pp. 24–39. ISBN 978-1-84787-095-7.
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