Allan Bell has worked as an independent sociolinguistic researcher in New Zealand and has written extensively on New Zealand English

New Zealand English

New Zealand English is the dialect of the English language used in New Zealand.The English language was established in New Zealand by colonists during the 19th century. It is one of "the newest native-speaker variet[ies] of the English language in existence, a variety which has developed and...

, language style, and media language. He is a founding co-editor of the international quarterly Journal of Sociolinguistics

Journal of Sociolinguistics

The Journal of Sociolinguistics is a peer-reviewed academic journal that covers topics in sociolinguistics. Its scope encompasses a wide range of languages treated from a multidisciplinary point of view. It was established in 1997 and appears four times a year...

and is known for his theory of audience design

Audience design

Audience design is a sociolinguistic model outlined by Allan Bell in 1984 which proposes that linguistic style-shifting occurs primarily in response to a speaker's audience...

. Currently, he is working as the Director of the Institute of Culture, Discourse & Communication and is a Professor of Language & Communication at Auckland University of Technology

Auckland University of Technology

The Auckland University of Technology is a university in New Zealand. It was formed on 1 January 2000 when the Auckland Institute of Technology was granted university status. Its primary campus is on Wellesley Street in Auckland's Central business district...

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Publications

• New Zealand Ways of Speaking English (co-editor with Janet Holmes, 1990)


• The Language of News Media (1991)


• Approaches to Media Discourse (with Peter Garrett, 1998)


• Languages of New Zealand (2006)

External links

• Journal of Sociolinguistics