Lionel Wee

Lionel Wee is a Provost's Chair Professor in the Department of English Language & Literature, and Vice- Dean (Research Division) at the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, National University of Singapore. He sits on the editorial boards of Applied Linguistics , Elements: World Englishes , English World-Wide , International Journal of the Sociology of Language , Journal of Sociolinguistics , Multilingualisms and Diversities in Education, and Studies in World Language Problems, among others. His...See more

Lionel Wee is a Provost's Chair Professor in the Department of English Language & Literature, and Vice- Dean (Research Division) at the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, National University of Singapore. He sits on the editorial boards of Applied Linguistics , Elements: World Englishes , English World-Wide , International Journal of the Sociology of Language , Journal of Sociolinguistics , Multilingualisms and Diversities in Education, and Studies in World Language Problems, among others. His research interests include language policy, World Englishes and general issues in sociolinguistics and pragmatics. His most recent book is Language, Space, and Cultural Play: Theorizing Affect in the Semiotic Landscape (2019, with Robbie Goh). He is currently working on a book about posthumanist World Englishes. See less