Varieties of English in the Indo-Pacific

Varieties of English in the Indo-Pacific: 2023 on

VEIP is the acronym for an international research network embracing the now numerous varieties of English in the Indo-Pacific. It focuses on their individual and areal patterns of variation, in contact with each other and with other languages in regions adjacent to the Indian and Pacific Oceans

VEIP was endorsed by the Union Academique Internationale in May 2015, as one of its major 6-year projects. Its endorsement was extended for the 2020-1 biennium, and for 2022-3, on which we have just submitted our biennial report.

The co-directors of VEIP are Emeritus Professor Pam Peters (Macquarie University) and Professor Kate Burridge (Monash University), with members and research collaborators based at other universities in Australia, Germany, Hong Kong, India, New Zealand, Philippines, South Africa, Switzerland, Uganda, United Kingdom. Through its research members, VEIP is affiliated with the Australian Academy of the Humanities, the British Academy, the Hong Kong Academy of the Humanities, and the Royal Society of New Zealand.

VEIP members and associates are leading research on variation and change in regional Englishes in large and small English-using countries, whether as a first, second or auxiliary language. The list in the right-hand column provides a link for further details about each project. The projects contribute to the larger research questions concerning the evolution of post-colonial Englishes, and the emergence in C21 of other regional varieties without any colonial history.