12th International Conference on Multimodality in Groningen

The Vivien Law Prize

This symposium aims at bringing together researchers working on World Englishes (especially those focusing on varieties of English other than the “inner circle” varieties of the British Isles and North America) in staged and mediatized performances. While it cannot be said that such a perspective has hitherto been ignored in linguistic research (see Lee & Kachru 2006; Moody 2021), it is evident that pop cultural artifacts serving entertainment and recreational purposes, such as films and TV seri

Article Sofia Rüdiger, Theresa Neumaier, Sven Leuckert, & Sarah Buschfeld, eds. 2025. World Englishes in the 21st century: new perspectives and challenges to the dynamic model. Edinburgh: Edinburgh Un...

Editors: Lisa Lehnen (JMU Würzburg, [email protected]) Theresa Neumaier (TU Dortmund, University, [email protected]) Ninja Schulz (JMU Würzburg, [email protected]) Correspondence provides a rich data source for studies in historical sociolinguistics, genre analysis, language variation and change. However, to fully exploit the potential of the data, it is important to be aware of external factors relevant for their production and acknowledge the options