New Ways of Analyzing Variation – Asia Pacific (NWAV-AP)

Date of event: 4 to 7 August 2025

Abstraction submission deadline: 1 February 2025 (10:00 UTC) **EXTENDED**

Early bird registration deadline: 4 April 2025

Standard registration deadline: 7 July 2025

New Ways of Analyzing Variation – Asia Pacific (NWAV-AP) is a sister conference of the New Ways of Analyzing Variation that has been held annually in North America since the 1970s. NWAV-AP provides a platform for researchers in the quantitative-variationist tradition to present work on language variation and change in the Asia-Pacific region, a relatively underrepresented area within the field of sociolinguistics.

 The theme for NWAV-AP 8 is “Asia Pacific: Always Variable, Always Changing”. This is a celebration of the linguistic diversity and constant evolution of the languages of the multilingual-multicultural Asia Pacific contexts. In this 8th meeting, we would like to bring the focus to issues of diversity and inclusivity in the larger context of interactionism, wherein lies the intricate symbiotic relationship of individual and community social behaviours and meaning-making.

We particularly invite submissions on language variation and change that align with the theme of the conference, and welcome work from all areas of variationist inquiry focused on the Asia Pacific contexts.

 Please refer to the website for important dates and information on abstraction submission, registration and venue.