Allan Bell (sociolinguist)

Allan Bell (sociolinguist)

Allan Bell has worked as an independent sociolinguistic researcher in New Zealand and has written extensively on New Zealand English, language style, and media language. He is a founding co-editor of the international quarterly "Journal of Sociolinguistics" and is known for his theory of audience design. Currently, he is working as the Director of the Institute of Culture, Discourse & Communication and is a Professor of Language & Communication at Auckland University of Technology.

Publications

  • "New Zealand Ways of Speaking English" (co-editor with Jant Holmes, 1990)
  • "The Language of News Media" (1991)
  • "Approaches to Media Discourse" (with Peter Garrett, 1998)
  • "Languages of New Zealand" (2006)

References

*Bell, A. & Koenraad Kuiper. "New Zealand English". John Benjamins Publishing Company. ISBN 1556197233.
*Meyerhoff, Miriam. "Introducing Sociolinguistics". New York, NY: Routledge, 2006. pp. 42-44.
*http://www.aut.ac.nz/research/research_institutes/icdc/people/

ee also

*Sociolinguistics
*Audience Design

External links

* [http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journal.asp?ref=1360-6441&site=1 Journal of Sociolinguistics]


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