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