<div dir="ltr"><span class="gmail-im"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0px 0.0001pt;font-size:16px;text-align:center;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial" align="center"><b style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:13.5pt">Announcement: </span></b><b style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:rgb(56,118,29)">Linguistics in the Pub in London (<span class="gmail-m_8567604607414544630m_-3684815542121522171gmail-m_8528675529908022547gmail-m_7290377053759874921gmail-m_-6939770296087723676gmail-m_8306194833641049190gmail-m_-6518224287994723198gmail-il"><span class="gmail-m_8567604607414544630m_-3684815542121522171gmail-m_8528675529908022547gmail-m_7290377053759874921gmail-m_-6939770296087723676gmail-il">LIPIL</span></span>)</span></b><b style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:rgb(11,83,148)"> </span></b><b style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:black">Tuesday</span></b><b style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:13.5pt"> 14th March 2017 – Documenting, analysing and valuing World English </span></b><span style="font-size:18px"><b><span class="gmail-m_8567604607414544630m_-3684815542121522171gmail-m_8528675529908022547gmail-m_7290377053759874921gmail-m_-6939770296087723676gmail-Apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size:9.5pt"></span><br></p><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div></span><div>Linguists
have long argued that 'non-standard' varieties of language are as
valuable as the standard forms that are found in the media, education
and other formal domains. For example, variationist sociolinguistics has
long championed research on African American Vernacular English. We
will discuss the ways English is used, and different varieties of
English are valued in different parts of the world. We will also discuss
how English is used as a contact language, and as an international
language of the research community. For this month's LIPIL we are joined
by Prof. Stefanie Pillai from the University of Malaya.<span class="gmail-im"><br><br><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><b>Reading: <br></b>Pillai, S. (2008). Speaking English the Malaysian way–correct or not? <i>English Today</i>, 24(04), 42-45.<b> </b>[<a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/bZ83B4iOLbnRU3?domain=repository.um.edu.my" target="_blank">PDF</a>]<b><br></b></span></div><br></span></div><span class="gmail-im"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Date: Tuesday 14th March</span><br><span style="font-size:12.8px">Time: 6:00 - 8:00 pm</span><br><span style="font-size:12.8px">Venue: </span><span class="gmail-m_8567604607414544630m_-3684815542121522171gmail-m_8528675529908022547gmail-m_7290377053759874921gmail-m_-6939770296087723676gmail-m_8306194833641049190gmail-m_-6518224287994723198gmail-Apple-converted-space" style="font-size:12.8px"> </span><a style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-size:12.8px" href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Jb1zBJSoZKgOuK?domain=taylor-walker.co.uk" target="_blank">The Marlborough Arms</a><span style="font-size:12.8px">, 36 Torrington Place, London WC1E 7LY</span><br><span style="font-size:12.8px"> Food and drinks available at the venue </span><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:12.8px">[The MA has meals, and also has a range of beverages inc. tea and coffee]</div><br>Contact Lauren Gawne (<a href="mailto:lg21@soas.ac.uk" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">lg21@soas.ac.uk</a>) or Peter Austin (<a href="mailto:pa2@soas.ac.uk" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">pa2@soas.ac.uk</a>) with any questions.<br><br></span>For future announcements and information about <span class="gmail-m_8567604607414544630m_-3684815542121522171gmail-m_8528675529908022547gmail-m_7290377053759874921gmail-m_-6939770296087723676gmail-il">LIPIL</span> check out our Facebook page<span class="gmail-m_8567604607414544630m_-3684815542121522171gmail-m_8528675529908022547gmail-m_7290377053759874921gmail-m_-6939770296087723676gmail-m_8306194833641049190gmail-m_-6518224287994723198gmail-Apple-converted-space"> (</span><a style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/Xq1aBmfZ8pG4t9?domain=facebook.com" target="_blank">www.facebook.com/LingPubLondo<wbr>n/</a><span class="gmail-m_8567604607414544630m_-3684815542121522171gmail-m_8528675529908022547gmail-m_7290377053759874921gmail-m_-6939770296087723676gmail-m_8306194833641049190gmail-m_-6518224287994723198gmail-Apple-converted-space">), or EL-Blog</span> (<a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/78e1BkSDv70bc7?domain=el-blog.org" target="_blank">www.el-blog.org</a>), or sign up to the RNLD mailing list<span class="gmail-m_8567604607414544630m_-3684815542121522171gmail-m_8528675529908022547gmail-m_7290377053759874921gmail-m_-6939770296087723676gmail-m_8306194833641049190gmail-m_-6518224287994723198gmail-Apple-converted-space"> (</span><a href="https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/EM1xBvSADblXU5?domain=rnld.org" target="_blank">http://www.rnld.org/node/5</a>).</div>