NWAV

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Initialism of New Ways of Analyzing Variation: an annual academic conference in sociolinguistics.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛn.weɪv/

Word forms

NWAV NWAVs

Etymology

The pronunciation comes from NWAVE, the initials of the name of earlier iterations of the conference, New Ways of Analyzing Variation in English.

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