Asia-Pacific Language Variation

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Editor
ORCID logoShobha Satyanath | University of Delhi, India | shobhas.aplv at gmail.com
Associate Editors
ORCID logoMiriam Meyerhoff | University of Oxford, UK
Maya Ravindranath Abtahian | University of Rochester, USA
ORCID logoRebecca Lurie Starr | National University of Singapore, Singapore
This journal aims to report research on the description and analysis of variation and change from the Asia-Pacific region. The journal encourages research that is firmly based on empirical data and quantitative analysis of variation and change as well as the social factors that are reflected and constructed through language variation and change. Though much of the research is expected to be based on new speech data and fieldwork, the language data may be either oral or written, including both modern and historical resources. The unique emphasis of the journal is to promote understanding of the multifaceted linguistic communities of Asia-Pacific.

APLV publishes its articles Online First.

ISSN: 2215-1354 | E-ISSN: 2215-1362
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https://doi.org/10.1075/aplv
Latest articles

11 January 2024

  • Directional constructions in Matukar Panau : A Bayesian approach to assessing variation
    Kira Davey Danielle Barth | APLV 9:2 (2023) pp. 156–194
  • Variation in the bird-name lexicon in Qaqet (East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea)
    Henrike Frye Aung Si | APLV 9:2 (2023) pp. 239–264
  • Variation in the Fataluku voiced coronal (j)
    James Grama , Tyler M. Heston Melody Ann Ross | APLV 9:2 (2023) pp. 125–155
  • Sociophonetic variation in the alveolar lateral in Yami
    Li-Fang Lai Shelome Gooden | APLV 9:2 (2023) pp. 195–238
  • 24 July 2023

  • Fortifying cuteness : Obstruent fortition and Aegyo
    Drew Crosby Amanda Dalola | APLV 9:1 (2023) pp. 29–58
  • Variability in clusters and continuums : The sociolinguistic situation of the Manila Lannangs in the 2010s
    Wilkinson Daniel Wong Gonzales | APLV 9:1 (2023) p. 83
  • Variability or its loss in creole endangerment : The case of Baba Malay
    Nala H. Lee | APLV 9:1 (2023) pp. 59–82
  • Topic-based variation as both cognitive and agentive : Identity politics, deaf speakers, and hearing researcher
    Tsung-Lun Alan Wan | APLV 9:1 (2023) pp. 1–28
  • 1 December 2022

  • The role of older men in a phonological change : (ɣ) in Raga, Vanuatu
    Marie-France Duhamel | APLV 8:2 (2022) pp. 206–239
  • Authenticity in language ideology : Social variation in Chanka Quechua
    Natalie Povilonis Gregory Guy | APLV 8:2 (2022) pp. 240–273
  • Standard-ness, national ideologies and their embedding in ‘sociolinguistic theory’
    Shobha Satyanath | APLV 8:2 (2022) pp. 174–205
  • Kawa and the variable stopping of obstruents in Ende
    Katherine Strong , Kate L. Lindsey Katie Drager | APLV 8:2 (2022) pp. 150–173
  • Introduction : What’s so standard about standards?
    Jonathan R. Kasstan | APLV 8:2 (2022) pp. 139–149
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    ORCID logoNaomi Nagy | University of Toronto. Canada
    ORCID logoCarmel O'Shannessy | Australian National University, Australia
    Nick Palfreyman | University of Central Lancashire, UK
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    Subjects

    Main BIC Subject

    CFB: Sociolinguistics

    Main BISAC Subject

    LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General