English World-Wide | A Journal of Varieties of English

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Editors
ORCiD logo with linkMarianne Hundt | University of Zurich | eww at uni-bielefeld.de
Anne Schröder | Bielefeld University | eww at uni-bielefeld.de
Senior Consulting Editor
Editorial Assistant

English World-Wide has established itself as the leading and most comprehensive journal dealing with varieties of English. The focus is on scholarly discussions of new findings in the dialectology and sociolinguistics of the English-speaking communities (native and second-language speakers), but general problems of variationist, general and historical sociolinguistics, pidgin and creole linguistics, language planning, multilingualism and modern historical sociolinguistics are included if they have a direct bearing on modern varieties of English. Although issues relating to applied linguistics and language teaching are not within its scope, English World-Wide provides important background information for all those involved in teaching English throughout the world.


English World-Wide publishes its articles Online First.


ISSN: 0172-8865 | E-ISSN: 1569‑9730
DOI logo with link
https://doi.org/10.1075/eww
Latest articles

13 March 2026

  • “We was goin’ kangaroo shooting”: Was/were variation in Australian Aboriginal English
    Lucia Fraiese, Celeste Rodríguez Louro, Matt Hunt GardnerGlenys Dale Collard
  • Hypercorrect Moun[thɨn] in Utah English
    Joseph A. Stanley
  • 2 March 2026

  • Patterns of thanking in Asian Englishes: A local grammar-based investigation
    Jiayi Liang, Hang SuMeng Huat Chau
  • 26 February 2026

  • What else is there to say about existential there? A corpus-based study of existential there-clauses in written Nigerian English
    Roseline Abonego AdejareRichard Oliseyenum Maledo
  • 4 December 2025

  • Editors’ note
    EWW 46:3 (2025) pp. 241–242
  • 6 November 2025

  • A panel approach to micro and macro perceptions of Tyneside English across the lifespan
    Anne-Marie Moelders | EWW 46:3 (2025) pp. 243–273
  • 19 September 2025

  • How to obtain speaker numbers for English varieties around the world: Theoretical concepts, challenges and estimations
    Katharina Ehret | EWW 46:3 (2025) pp. 299–322
  • 9 September 2025

  • The YouTube corpus of Singapore English podcasts
    Steven Coats, Carmelo Alessandro Basile, Cameron MorinRobert Fuchs | EWW 46:3 (2025) pp. 274–298
  • 8 August 2025

  • Say Gesundheit to the Bagel-eating Paparazzi : The role of borrowings in Super Bowl commercials
    Joanna Ryszka, Anna Stwora, Marlena Moskal, Dariusz JakubowskiNatalia Supernak | EWW 46:2 (2025) pp. 186–212
  • 17 July 2025

  • Give, take, and make light verb constructions in mesolectal Malaysian English: A structural-aspectual analysis
    Christina Sook Beng OngHajar Abdul Rahim | EWW 46:2 (2025) pp. 213–240
  • 23 June 2025

  • From quacker to quokka : A historical sociolinguistic study of phonological variation in the colony of Western Australia
    Madeleine Clews | EWW 46:2 (2025) pp. 154–185
  • 22 April 2025

  • Implicit language attitudes among young, white, L1-Afrikaans speakers towards two South African Englishes: The role of gender and family language
    Pedro Álvarez-Mosquera, Ian BekkerAlejandro Marín-Gutiérrez | EWW 46:2 (2025) pp. 127–153
  • 21 March 2025

  • Treebanks and World Englishes: A Singapore English perspective
    Nick Huang, Li Lin, Kunmei Han, Jia Wen Hing, Luwen Cao, Vincent OoiZhiming Bao | EWW 46:1 (2025) p. 93
  • 20 March 2025

  • Vowel variation in a segregated and isolated religious community
    Gia HurringLynn Clark | EWW 46:1 (2025) pp. 52–92
  • 14 March 2025

  • Conventionalization and variation in computer-mediated communication: New perspectives on Nigerian Pidgin spelling
    Dagmar Deuber, Muhammad ShakirFolajimi Kehinde Oyebola | EWW 46:1 (2025) pp. 1–27
  • Primary-stress placement in Nigerian L1 English: An empirical investigation
    Rotimi Olanrele OladipupoTinuade Onabamiro | EWW 46:1 (2025) pp. 28–51
  • 6 February 2025

  • Bertus van Rooy. 2024. World Englishes: The Local Lives of a Global Language
    Reviewed by Christian Mair | EWW 46:1 (2025) pp. 122–126
  • 19 December 2024

  • Editors’ note
    EWW 45:3 (2024) pp. 253–254
  • 29 November 2024

  • Soundin(g(k)) ethnic in Toronto
    James A. Walker | EWW 45:3 (2024) pp. 283–310
  • 28 November 2024

  • Phonetic variation of initial stop consonants in Malaysian English
    Bee Kee NgPoh Shin Chiew | EWW 45:3 (2024) pp. 367–407
  • 26 November 2024

  • Durational variation across inner/outer/expanding circle varieties of English
    Sven Albrecht, Marina IvanovaJosef Schmied | EWW 45:3 (2024) pp. 342–366
  • Volumes and issuesOnline-first articles

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    Author info

    Editors

    Marianne Hundt, University of Zurich
    Anne Schröder , University of Bielefeld
    E-mail: eww at es.uzh.ch

    Guidelines for contributors of articles to EWW

    Authors wishing to submit articles for publication in English World-Wide are requested to do so through the journal’s online submission and manuscript tracking site. Please consult the Short Guide to EM for Authors before you submit your paper.

    Submission should be prepared in line with the journal's stylesheet.

    The length of the manuscripts should be as follows: 
    Regular papers: 8000-10000 words
    Regular reviews: 1500-2000 words
    Comparative reviews: 4000-6000 words
    Focus articles: 500-1000 words

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