World Englishes

A comprehensive guide to global English variations in phonology, grammar, vocabulary, and pragmatics. Features new audio examples, updated models, inclusive language sections, and expanded foreign-variety descriptions.

The fourth edition of World Englishes provides an engaging overview of the global variations in phonology, grammar, vocabulary, and pragmatics of English as it is used world-wide. This book introduces the principles of linguistic variation and provides coverage on the roots of English, the spread of English, variations of English as a second language, and trends for the future.

Thoroughly updated throughout in line with recent research, this new edition includes:

• Updated online support material including 58 audio examples of speakers of native (25) and of non-native (33) English reflecting the global variety of the language, available to download
• New sections on recent models of World Englishes and on vocabulary management dealing with inclusive language
• Improved and updated descriptions of foreign-language varieties, now including Arabic and Spanish English
• Additional exercises for the accompanying audio files and new reflective questions online

Offering a thorough and detailed descriptive account of all the main varieties of English across the globe, World Englishes also provides a balanced discussion of political issues and the sociolinguistic background to variation in English, spoken and written, face-to-face, on paper and online, in the twenty-first century. This book is essential reading for students approaching this topic for the first time.

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