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David West Brown holds a PhD in English Education from the University of Michigan and a PhD in Linguistics from Lancaster University. His research examines writing as a social practice, its structures, and its history. He covers topics such as Singaporean identity performance on online discussion boards, representations of gender in sports reportage, and the stylistic differences between higher and lower scoring essays in educational assessments. His work has been published in journals such as American Speech, Research and Teaching of English, Corpora, Sociolinguistics, and World Englishes. His books include 'Lessons in Grammar,' 'Code-Switching,' and 'Academic Writing,' as well as 'English Empire,' which investigates African diasporic, Chinese, and Indian characters voiced in British fiction and drama produced between 1768 and 1929.
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