Announcement
Election
Dr. Tobias Bernaisch has been elected to the position Vice President/President Elect 2024-2025.
Tobias Bernaisch is a tenured senior lecturer for English linguistics at Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany. His world Englishes research uses statistics and corpus-linguistic methods to study South Asian Englishes, linguistic epicentres, and the connection between regional and genderlectal variation. He has published a monograph on Sri Lankan English (2015), an edited volume on gender in world Englishes (2021), and, with Pam Peters, a special issue of World Englishes on linguistic epicentres (2022). With colleagues, he compiled the Sri Lankan component of the International Corpus of English (ICE-SL) and a newspaper corpus with update of South Asian varieties of English (SAVE and SAVE2020). He has acted as (co-)principal investigator in three research projects studying world Englishes and currently coordinates a research project dedicated to linguistic epicentres in South Asia with Stefan Th. Gries. He serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of World Englishes, and has contributed and reviewed numerous articles for the journal.
Tobias Bernaisch is a tenured senior lecturer for English linguistics at Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany. His world Englishes research uses statistics and corpus-linguistic methods to study South Asian Englishes, linguistic epicentres, and the connection between regional and genderlectal variation. He has published a monograph on Sri Lankan English (2015), an edited volume on gender in world Englishes (2021), and, with Pam Peters, a special issue of World Englishes on linguistic epicentres (2022). With colleagues, he compiled the Sri Lankan component of the International Corpus of English (ICE-SL) and a newspaper corpus with update of South Asian varieties of English (SAVE and SAVE2020). He has acted as (co-)principal investigator in three research projects studying world Englishes and currently coordinates a research project dedicated to linguistic epicentres in South Asia with Stefan Th. Gries. He serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of World Englishes, and has contributed and reviewed numerous articles for the journal.
The 26th Conference of the International Association for World Englishes
The 26th Conference of the International Association for World Englishes will be held at Justus Liebig University Giessen between 25 - 27 July, 2025.
Braj B. Kachru Student Award
2023 Braj B. Kachru Student Award for best presentation
The International Association for World Englishes (IAWE) is pleased to present the Braj B. Kachru Student Award, for the best paper from a student at the IAWE conference.
The award is named in honor of Professor Braj B. Kachru, whose influential scholarship helped establish the field of world Englishes, in recognition of his exceptional commitment to student scholarship throughout his career.
This award carries a US $1000.00 prize.
A committee composed of IAWE officers have selected the best paper and presentation from a strong field of entries. We are pleased to announce the winning paper:
Prateek Shankar (Rhode Island School of Design), for his talk on:
“Citizens of the English Language: Sociolinguistic perspectives on postcolonial India”
Past Recipients of the Braj B. Kachru Award:
2019
Katy Highet
Institute of Education, University College London
“Socioeconomic factors and their impact on perceptions of English in India"
2018
Wilkinson Daniel Wong Gonzales
National University fo Singapore
“The Chinese Filipinos and English: Evidence of differentiation within Philippine English”
2017
Xie Wenhan
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
“A Force to Reckoned With: Grandparents and English in Singapore”
2015
Helene Steigertahl
University of Bayreuth, Germany
“Spoken English in Namibia – Preliminary Findings of a New Variety?”
2014
Stephanie Horch
University of Freiburg, Germany
"Conversion in Asian Englishes: Substratum versus institutionalization"
2013
Danae Maria Perez Inofuentes
University of Zurich, Switzerland
"The Fate of English in Paraguay"
2012
Ronel Wasserman (nee Rossouw)
North-West University, South Africe
"You must try, my dear Sarie, to have faith in men." Afrikaans influence on South African English must since the 19th century.
The International Association for World Englishes (IAWE) is pleased to present the Braj B. Kachru Student Award, for the best paper from a student at the IAWE conference.
The award is named in honor of Professor Braj B. Kachru, whose influential scholarship helped establish the field of world Englishes, in recognition of his exceptional commitment to student scholarship throughout his career.
This award carries a US $1000.00 prize.
A committee composed of IAWE officers have selected the best paper and presentation from a strong field of entries. We are pleased to announce the winning paper:
Prateek Shankar (Rhode Island School of Design), for his talk on:
“Citizens of the English Language: Sociolinguistic perspectives on postcolonial India”
Past Recipients of the Braj B. Kachru Award:
2019
Katy Highet
Institute of Education, University College London
“Socioeconomic factors and their impact on perceptions of English in India"
2018
Wilkinson Daniel Wong Gonzales
National University fo Singapore
“The Chinese Filipinos and English: Evidence of differentiation within Philippine English”
2017
Xie Wenhan
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
“A Force to Reckoned With: Grandparents and English in Singapore”
2015
Helene Steigertahl
University of Bayreuth, Germany
“Spoken English in Namibia – Preliminary Findings of a New Variety?”
2014
Stephanie Horch
University of Freiburg, Germany
"Conversion in Asian Englishes: Substratum versus institutionalization"
2013
Danae Maria Perez Inofuentes
University of Zurich, Switzerland
"The Fate of English in Paraguay"
2012
Ronel Wasserman (nee Rossouw)
North-West University, South Africe
"You must try, my dear Sarie, to have faith in men." Afrikaans influence on South African English must since the 19th century.
Larry E. Smith Scholarship
The East-West Center in Honolulu has announced the establishment of a scholarship in memory of Larry E. Smith. The scholarship will provide awards for Degree Fellows and Asia Pacific Leadership Program Fellows at the East-West Center with an interest in World Englishes, language learning and culture, linguistics and related fields. Please click here if you are interested in contributing.
Past Conferences
26th Conference, Giessen University, Germany
25th Conference, Stony Brook University, New York, USA
24th Conference, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
23rd Conference, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines
22nd Conference, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA
A Symposium Celebrating the Life and Work of Larry E. Smith
21st Conference, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey.
20th Conference, Amity University, Noida, NCR Delhi, India
19th Conference, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
18th Conference, City University of Hong Kong and Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
17th Conference, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
16th Conference, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
15th Conference, Linguistic Society of the Philippines, Cebu, Philippines
14th Conference, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
13th Conference, Regensburg University, Regensburg, Germany
12th Conference, Chukyo University, Nagoya, Japan
11th Conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
10th Conference, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
9th Conference, University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign
8th Conference, University of Potchefstroom, South Africa
7th Conference, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
6th Conference, Tsukuba University, Tsukuba, Japan
5th Conference, University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign
4th Conference, National University of Singapore
3rd Conference, East West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
2nd Conference, International Center, Nagoya, Japan
1st Conference, University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign
25th Conference, Stony Brook University, New York, USA
24th Conference, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
23rd Conference, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines
22nd Conference, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA
A Symposium Celebrating the Life and Work of Larry E. Smith
21st Conference, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey.
20th Conference, Amity University, Noida, NCR Delhi, India
19th Conference, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
18th Conference, City University of Hong Kong and Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
17th Conference, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
16th Conference, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
15th Conference, Linguistic Society of the Philippines, Cebu, Philippines
14th Conference, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
13th Conference, Regensburg University, Regensburg, Germany
12th Conference, Chukyo University, Nagoya, Japan
11th Conference, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
10th Conference, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
9th Conference, University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign
8th Conference, University of Potchefstroom, South Africa
7th Conference, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon
6th Conference, Tsukuba University, Tsukuba, Japan
5th Conference, University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign
4th Conference, National University of Singapore
3rd Conference, East West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii
2nd Conference, International Center, Nagoya, Japan
1st Conference, University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign