Anne Pauwels is Professor of Sociolinguistics at SOAS, I was Head of the College of Arts and Law at the University of Birmingham. Before that I worked for nearly 30 years in Australian Universities including the Universities of Western Australia, Wollongong, New England and Monash .
My first degree was in Germanic Philology, University of Antwerp (Belgium). I gained an MA and a PhD from Monash University, Australia. My dissertations were concerned with questions of language contact and multilingualism in Australia. I held the Foundation Chair of Linguistics at the University of New England and in 1995 I was elected Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia [FASSA].
My research deals with the social and sociolinguistic aspects of language and communication, with particular attention to multilingual and transnational settings. My main research foci include multilingualism, language maintenance/shift, language policy in relation to language learning in schools and universities as well as various aspects of the relationship between gender and language.
My most recent book publications include Language and Communication: Diversity and Change (2007, Mouton De Gruyter), Maintaining minority languages in a transnational context (2007, Palgrave Macmillan) and Boys and language learning (2008/2005, Palgrave Macmillan). My publications output to date includes over 100 refereed articles and book chapters as well as 17 books (authored and edited). I have held several research grants in the area of multilingualism, language contact and gender and language. My current research focuses on two areas, (1) multilingualism and Australian diaspora and (2) multilingualism in the academy.
My linguistic activism is focused on the promotion of the learning of languages in education, in particular the learning of community and minority languages, and on assisting minority/migrant communities in their language maintenance efforts as well as on addressing issues of race and gender in communication.
Research interests
My research expertise and interests include multilingualism; language maintenance &shiftlanguage policy and language planning in relation to education, multilingual societies, gender/ethnicity; gender and language; applied linguistics, intercultural communication.
I am happy to supervise students interested in these and related topics.
Inaugural Lecture
Prof Anne Pauwels Inaugural Lecture: Politics of Multilingualism and Language Learning: Who Benefits?
Pragmatic strategies in face-to-face interactions and emails by Japanese speakers and Japanese Sign Language users: Focus on Japanese Sign Language users' use of Japanese and their perceptions
Language practices in Malay-Chinese families in Singapore
Ng, Bee Chin, Tan, Mei Jing Jo, Pauwels, Anne and Cavallaro, Francesco, 2024, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development (45), 8, pp 2940-2960
Changing Perspectives on Language Maintenance and Shift in Transnational Settings: From Settlement to Mobility
Pauwels, Anne (2018). In: Hogan-Brun, Gabrielle, (eds.) and O’Rourke, Bernadette, (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Minority Languages and Communities. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp 235-256
Rethinking the learning of languages in the context of globalization and hyperlingualism.
Pauwels, Anne (2014). In: Abendroth-Timmer, Dagmar, (eds.) and Henning, Eva, (eds.), Plurilingualism and multiliteracies: International research on identity construction in language education. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, pp 41-56
Sachdev, Itesh, Giles, Howard and Pauwels, Anne (2013). In: Bhatia, Tej K., (eds.) and Ritchie, William R., (eds.), Handbook of Bilingualism and Multilingualism. Oxford: Blackwell-Wiley, pp 391-416
Dutch as a minority language in Australia: from birthplace to cyberspace.
Pauwels, Anne (2013). In: Hinskens, Frans, (eds.) and Taeldeman, Johan, (eds.), Language and space : an international handbook of linguistic variation / Vol. 3, Dutch. Berlin: Mouton-DeGruyter, pp 858-878
Men, masculinities and feminist linguistic activism
Pauwels, Anne (2010). In: Holmes, Janet, (eds.) and Mara, Meredith, (eds.), Femininity, Feminism and Gendered Discourse: A Selected and Edited Collection of Papers from the Fifth International Language and Gender Association Conference (IGALA5). Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, pp 111-124
Language maintenance and the second generation: Policies and practices
Pauwels, Anne and Winter, Joanne (2007). In: Pauwels, Anne, (eds.), Winter, Joanne, (eds.) and Lo Bianco, Joseph, (eds.), Maintaining minority languages in transnational contexts. London: Palgrave Macmillan, pp 180-200
Pauwels, Anne and Hellinger, Marlis (2007). In: Pauwels, Anne, (eds.) and Hellinger, Marlis, (eds.), Handbook of language and communication : diversity and change. Berlin: Mouton-De Gruyter, pp 1-12
Australia and New Zealand/Austalien und Neuseeland
Pauwels, Anne (2006). In: Ammon, Ulrich, (eds.), Dittmar, Norbert, (eds.), Mattheier, Klaus J., (eds.) and Trudgill, Peter, (eds.), An International Handbook of the Science of Language and Society. Volume 3. Berlin: Mouton-De Gruyter, pp 2025-2034
Language maintenance in a global context: An Afrikaans case study in Australia
Pauwels, Anne (2005). In: Alhaug, G, (eds.), Moerck, E, (eds.), Pedersen, E, (eds.) and Pedersen, A, (eds.), Mot rikare mål å trå. Oslo: Novus Forlag, pp 190-201
Feminist linguistic activism in the 21st century: A view across the English speaking world
Pauwels, Anne and Winter, Joanne (2005). In: McCafferty, Kevin, (eds.), Bull, Tove, (eds.) and Kristin, Killie, (eds.), Contexts: Historical, Social, Linguistic studies in celebration of Toril Swan. Bern: Peter Lang, pp 107-127
Strengthening scholarship in language study in higher education
Pauwels, Anne (2004). In: Wigglesworth, Gillian, (ed.), Marking our difference: Languages in higher education in Australia and New Zealand. Melbourne: School of Languages and Linguistics, pp 9-21
Spreading the feminist word? A sociolinguistic study of feminist language change in Australian English: The case of the new courtesy title 'Ms'
Pauwels, Anne (2001). In: Hellinger, Marlis, (eds.) and Bussmann, Hadumod, (eds.), Gender across languages : Volume 1: the linguistic representation of women and men.. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, pp 137-151
Inclusive language is good business. Gender, language and equality in the workplace
Pauwels, Anne (2000). In: Holmes, Janet, (ed.), Gendered speech in social context : perspectives from gown and town. Wellington: Victoria University Press, pp 134-151
Generic pronouns in the marketplace or shopping centre. Exploring the impact of non-sexist language policy on everyday speech
Pauwels, Anne (2000). In: Gunnarsdotter-Grönberg, Anna, (ed.), Sett och hört : en vänskrift tillägnad Kerstin Nordenstam på 65-årsdagen. Göteborg: Swedish Institute, Göteborg University, pp 270-276
Globalisation and the impact of teaching languages in Australia
Pauwels, Anne (2000). In: Liddicoat, Anthony J., (eds.) and Crozet, Chantal, (eds.), Teaching languages - teaching cultures. Canberra: Language Australia, pp 19-26
Dutch in Australia: Past, present and future trends
Pauwels, Anne and Clyne, Michael (1998). In: Folmer, Jetske, (eds.) and Kroon, Sjaak, (eds.), Dutch overseas : studies in maintenance and loss of Dutch as an immigrant language. Tilburg: Tilburg University Press
Non-sexist language policy debate in the Dutch speech community
Pauwels, Anne (1997). In: Braun, Friederike, (eds.) and Pasero, Ursula, (eds.), Communication of gender. Kommunikation von Geschlecht. Pfaffenweiler: Centaurus Verlag, pp 261-280
Managing multilingualism in Australia: Issues in language maintenance and intercultural communication affecting ethnolinguistics minorities
Pauwels, Anne (1997). In: Furukawa, C, (ed.), Individuals and communities - Living the differences. Tokyo: The National Language Research Institute, pp 89-103
Communicating across cultures: An Australian case study of language-related research on cross-cultural communication in medical encounters
Pauwels, Anne (1993). In: Boswood, T, (eds.), Hoffman, Robert, (eds.) and Tung, P, (eds.), Perspectives on English for professional communication. Hong Kong: City Polytechnic, pp 7-36
Pauwels, Anne (1988). In: Ammon, Ulrich, (eds.), Dittmar, Norbert, (eds.) and Mattheier, Klaus J., (eds.), Sociolinguistics. An international handbook of the science and language of society. Berlin: Walter dr Gruyter, pp 1244-1253
Language in Translation: The attitudes toward and use of 'Ms' by Australian women in the mid 1980s
Pauwels, Anne (1987). In: Pauwels, Anne, (ed.), Women and Language in Australian and New Zealand Society. Sydney: Australian Professional Publications, pp 129-154
