World Englishes

The third edition of World Englishes provides an engaging overview of the global variations in vocabulary, grammar, phonology and pragmatics of English as it is used worldwide. 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 third edition now also includes:

• 43 audio examples of speakers of native (17) and of non-native (26) English reflecting the global variety of the language, available to download from www.routledge.com/9781138487659;
• descriptions of selected twenty-first century developing varieties including Chinese English, Russian English and Vietnamese English; 
• greater linguistic detail on second-language English in many areas; 
• improved and updated descriptions of first-language varietie