Asia-Pacific Language Variation

Editors
ORCiD logo with linkMaya Ravindranath Abtahian | University of Rochester, USA | maya.r.abtahian at rochester.edu
ORCiD logo with linkRebecca Lurie Starr | National University of Singapore, Singapore | rstarr at nus.edu.sg
Associate Editors
ORCiD logo with linkWilkinson Daniel Wong Gonzales | The Chinese University of Hong Kong
ORCiD logo with linkMiriam Meyerhoff | University of Oxford, UK
Nick Palfreyman | University of Central Lancashire
Founding Editor
ORCiD logo with linkShobha Satyanath | University of Delhi, India

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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.

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Latest articles

12 March 2026

  • Editorial note
    APLV 11:1-2 (2025) p. 1
  • Dimensions of multilingualism and language contact
    Shobha Satyanath | APLV 11:1-2 (2025) pp. 2–20

    • 5 March 2026

  • The multicultural turn in sociolinguistics
    Shobha Satyanath | APLV 12:1 (2026) pp. 1–12

    • 16 February 2026

  • Are we surprised yet? Expecting the unexpected in Asia-Pacific language variation
    James Stanford | APLV 12:1 (2026) pp. 13–38

    • 10 February 2026

  • Variation and change in Philippine languages: Trends, challenges, and pathways forward
    Wilkinson Daniel Wong Gonzales | APLV 12:1 (2026) p. 72
  • Embodying shifting political styles: Sibilant and gestural variation by a Taiwanese young legislator
    Tsung-Lun Alan Wan & NienEn Bonnie Liu | APLV 12:1 (2026) pp. 112–141

    • 5 February 2026

  • Registers in the Bahnar dialects in Vietnam: A sociophonetic study
    Lư Giang Đinh, Thành Thơ Quản & Trần Quý Nguyễn | APLV 12:1 (2026) pp. 39–71

    • 13 January 2026

  • Talk across the Pacific: Developments in understanding traditional and modern multilingualism
    Danielle Barth, Laura Arnold, Kira Davey, Caroline Hendy, Saurabh Kumar Nath, Keira Mullan & Sam Passmore | APLV 11:1-2 (2025) pp. 31–40
  • Contrast, context, and contact: Phonetic variation in the Assamese mid front vowel space
    Saurabh Kumar Nath | APLV 11:1-2 (2025) pp. 187–222

    • 9 January 2026

  • Detecting paths of change in the heritage context: Directional motion event expression in Cantonese spoken in Toronto and Hong Kong
    Justin R. Leung | APLV 11:1-2 (2025) pp. 142–186

    • 6 January 2026

  • Insights from the Heritage Language Variation and Change in Toronto Project (HLVC)
    Naomi Nagy | APLV 11:1-2 (2025) pp. 21–30

    • 11 December 2025

  • Switching or selecting? Competing and/or complementary perspectives on discourse markers in multilingual conversations
    Hannah Davidson | APLV 11:1-2 (2025) pp. 112–141

    • 10 December 2025

  • Rethinking (from) the Islands: What Philippine sociolinguistic patterns teach us about multilingualism, language variation, and change
    Wilkinson Daniel Wong Gonzales | APLV 11:1-2 (2025) p. 72

    • 1 December 2025

  • Stability in the face of contact: /u/ in (Heritage) Tagalog
    Pocholo Umbal | APLV 11:1-2 (2025) pp. 41–71

    • 24 April 2025

  • Remembering William Labov
    APLV 10:2 (2024) pp. 107–112

    • 25 March 2025

  • Variation and change in progress: Evidence from Word-final [‑a] and [‑e] in Jakarta Indonesian
    Ferdinan Okki Kurniawan & Maya Ravindranath Abtahian | APLV 10:2 (2024) pp. 113–139

    • 4 March 2025

  • Information structure and changes in Moklen word-form
    Daniel Loss, Nattanun Chanchaochai, N. J. Enfield & Pittayawat Pittayaporn | APLV 10:2 (2024) pp. 140–182

    • 3 March 2025

  • Depending on gender: The role of Gurindji women in contact-induced language change
    Felicity Meakins, Lindell Bromham & Xia Hua | APLV 10:2 (2024) pp. 183–208
    • IssuesOnline-first articles

    Volume 12 (2026)

    Issue 1

    Volume 11 (2025)

    Issue 1/2
    Multilingualism and Language Contact in Asia-Pacific

    Volume 10 (2024)

    Issue 2
    Issue 1

    Volume 9 (2023)

    Issue 2
    Issue 1

    Volume 8 (2022)

    Issue 2
    What’s so standard about standards? Variationist principles and debates
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    Volume 7 (2021)

    Issue 2
    Variation and change in the languages of Indonesia
    Issue 1
    Variation in the Pacific: Part II

    Volume 6 (2020)

    Issue 2
    Variation in the Pacific: Part I
    Issue 1
    Macro and micro-social variation in Asia-Pacific sign languages

    Volume 5 (2019)

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    Issue 1
    Regional Chinese in Contact

    Volume 4 (2018)

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    Issue 1

    Volume 3 (2017)

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    Editorial info
    Editors
    ORCiD logo with linkMaya Ravindranath Abtahian | University of Rochester, USA | maya.r.abtahian at rochester.edu
    ORCiD logo with linkRebecca Lurie Starr | National University of Singapore, Singapore | rstarr at nus.edu.sg
    Associate Editors
    ORCiD logo with linkWilkinson Daniel Wong Gonzales | The Chinese University of Hong Kong
    ORCiD logo with linkMiriam Meyerhoff | University of Oxford, UK
    Nick Palfreyman | University of Central Lancashire
    Founding Editor
    ORCiD logo with linkShobha Satyanath | University of Delhi, India
    Editorial Board
    ORCiD logo with linkFelicity Meakins | University of Queensland, Australia
    ORCiD logo with linkNaomi Nagy | University of Toronto. Canada
    ORCiD logo with linkCarmel O'Shannessy | Australian National University, Australia
    ORCiD logo with linkVictoria Rau | National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan
    ORCiD logo with linkGillian Sankoff | University of Pennsylvania, USA
    ORCiD logo with linkDevyani Sharma | Queen Mary University of London, UK
    James N. Stanford | Dartmouth College, USA
    ORCiD logo with linkJames A. Walker | La Trobe University, Australia
    Jingwei Zhang | University of Macau, Macao
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