NWAV

== English == === Etymology === The pronunciation comes from NWAVE, the initials of the name of earlier iterations of the conference, New Ways of Analyzing Variation in English. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛn.weɪv/ === Proper noun === NWAV (countable and uncountable, plural NWAVs) Initialism of New Ways of Analyzing Variation: an annual academic conference in sociolinguistics.