Brunei English: A New Variety in a Multilingual Society

Salbrina Sharbawi is a senior assistant professor in English Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei. She received her PhD in Applied Linguistics from Nanyang Technological University, Singapor. Her research interests are at the crossroads of sociophonetics and World Englishes. She has published several papers on Brunei English, with her most recent publications focusing on the interactions between language, identity, and religiosity in the Bruneian context.

David Deterding is a professor at Universiti Brunei Darussalam, where he teaches Forensic Linguistics, World Englishes, Phonetics and Phonology, History of English, and Research Methods. He has written seven books on topics such as Singapore English, Brunei English, and Misunderstandings in ELF, and has edited eight more. His research focuses on acoustic phonetics, English in Southeast Asia, and Malay pronunciation.

Nur Raihan Mohamad is a lecturer of English Studies at Universiti Brunei Darussalam, where she teaches Experimental Phonetics and Language Acquisition. She completed her PhD in Applied Linguistics (2018) at Universiti Brunei Darussalam. Her research interests include the changes in the pronunciation of Brunei English, the Americanisation of Brunei English, and the effects of media on Brunei English pronunciation.

Salbrina Sharbawi 是汶萊達魯薩蘭大學英語研究的高級助理教授，位於汶萊的斯里巴卡灣。她在新加坡南洋理工大學獲得應用語言學博士學位。她的研究興趣位於社會音位學和世界英語的交匯處。她已發表多篇有關汶萊英語的論文，最近的出版物專注於汶萊背景下語言、身份和宗教性之間的互動。

David Deterding 是汶萊達魯薩蘭大學的教授，教授法醫語言學、世界英語、語音學和音韻學、英語歷史以及研究方法。他撰寫了七本有關新加坡英語、汶萊英語和英語作為 lingua franca 中的誤解等主題的書籍，並編輯了另外八本。他的研究重點是聲學音位學、東南亞的英語以及馬來語的發音。

Nur Raihan Mohamad 是汶萊達魯薩蘭大學英語研究的講師，教授實驗音位學和語言習得。她於2018年在汶萊達魯薩蘭大學獲得應用語言學博士學位。她的研究興趣包括汶萊英語的發音變化、汶萊英語的美國化以及媒體對汶萊英語發音的影響。