# New Ways of Analyzing Variation

New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV) is an annual academic conference in sociolinguistics. NWAV attracts researchers and students conducting linguistic scientific investigations into patterns of language variation, the study of language change in progress, and the interrelationship between language and society, including how language variation is shaped by and continually shapes societal institutions, social and interpersonal relationships, and individual and group identities.
The conference originated under the title New Ways of Analyzing Variation in English in October 1972 at Georgetown University; "English" was dropped from the conference title later as languages other than English entered the conference's focus. The most recent meeting, NWAV 52, was held in 2024 in Miami Beach, hosted by Florida International University and the University of Miami. The next meeting will be held in 2025, hosted by the University of Michigan. The 2026 meeting will be hosted by the Université de Montréal. The 2027 meeting will be hosted by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

## Past conferences

| Year | Title | Location | Host |
| 2024 | NWAV 52 | Miami Beach, Florida | Florida International University and University of Miami |
| 2023 | NWAV 51 | New York City | Queens College |
| 2022 | NWAV 50 | San Jose, California | Stanford University |
| 2021 | NWAV 49 | online | The University of Texas at Austin |
| 2019 | NWAV 48 | Eugene, Oregon | University of Oregon |
| 2018 | NWAV 47 | New York City | New York University and City University of New York |
| 2017 | NWAV 46 | Madison, Wisconsin | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| 2016 | NWAV 45 | Vancouver | Simon Fraser University and University of Victoria |
| 2015 | NWAV 44 | Toronto | University of Toronto and York University |
| 2014 | NWAV 43 | Chicago | University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and University of Illinois at Chicago |
| 2013 | NWAV 42 | Pittsburgh | University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University |
| 2012 | NWAV 41 | Bloomington, Indiana | Indiana University, Bloomington |
| 2011 | NWAV 40 | Washington, D.C. | Georgetown University |
| 2010 | NWAV 39 | San Antonio | University of Texas, San Antonio |
| 2009 | NWAV 38 | Ottawa | University of Ottawa |
| 2008 | NWAV 37 | Houston | Rice University |
| 2007 | NWAV 36 | Philadelphia | University of Pennsylvania |
| 2006 | NWAV 35 | Columbus, Ohio | Ohio State University |
| 2005 | NWAV 34 | New York City | New York University |
| 2004 | NWAV 33 | Ann Arbor, Michigan | University of Michigan |
| 2003 | NWAV 32 | Philadelphia | University of Pennsylvania |
| 2002 | NWAV 31 | Stanford, California | Stanford University |
| 2001 | NWAV 30 | Raleigh, North Carolina | North Carolina State University |
| 2000 | NWAV 29 | East Lansing, Michigan | Michigan State University |
| 1999 | NWAV 28 | Toronto | University of Toronto |
| 1998 | NWAV 27 | Athens, Georgia | University of Georgia |
| 1997 | NWAV 26 | Quebec City | Laval University |
| 1996 | NWAV 25 | Las Vegas | University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| 1995 | NWAV 24 | Philadelphia | University of Pennsylvania |
| 1994 | NWAV 23 | Stanford, California | Stanford University |
| 1993 | NWAV 22 | Ottawa | University of Ottawa |
| 1992 | NWAV 21 | Ann Arbor, Michigan | University of Michigan |
| 1991 | NWAV 20 | Washington, D.C. | Georgetown University |
| 1990 | NWAV 19 | Philadelphia | University of Pennsylvania |
| 1989 | NWAV 18 | Durham, North Carolina | Duke University |
| 1988 | NWAV 17 | Montreal | University of Montreal |
| 1987 | NWAV 16 | Austin, Texas | University of Texas, Austin |
| 1986 | NWAV 15 | Stanford, California | Stanford University |
| 1985 | NWAV 14 | Washington, D.C. | Georgetown University |
| 1984 | NWAV 13 | Philadelphia | University of Pennsylvania |
| 1983 | NWAVE 12 | Montreal | University of Montreal |
| 1982 | NWAVE 11 | Washington, D.C. | Georgetown University |
| 1981 | NWAVE X | Philadelphia | University of Pennsylvania |
| 1980 | NWAVE IX | Ann Arbor, Michigan | University of Michigan |
| 1979 | NWAVE VIII | Montreal | University of Quebec, Montreal |
| 1978 | NWAVE VII | Washington, D.C. | Georgetown University |
| 1977 | NWAVE VI | Washington, D.C. | Georgetown University |
| 1976 | NWAVE V | Washington, D.C. | Georgetown University |
| 1975 | NWAVE IV | Washington, D.C. | Georgetown University |
| 1974 | NWAVE III | Washington, D.C. | Georgetown University |
| 1973 | NWAVE II | Washington, D.C. | Georgetown University |
| 1972 | NWAVE I | Washington, D.C. | Georgetown University |