Bloomsbury World Englishes Volume 1: Paradigms

BloomsburyWorld Englishes provides a modern variationist approach to research in Englishes that shifts from traditional descriptive research on formal nation state varieties and recognizes the breadth of variation within any community of speech. It celebrates variation and offers a more accurate understanding of these ever-changing languages that serves distinct and overlapping communities. * Elizabeth Winkler, Professor of Linguistics, Western Kentucky University, USA *
As well as being discipline-leading in its perspective on [World English], the articles in this series are written in a way that does not confine the delights inside to a readership of academic linguists. Many individuals interested in World English for a variety of reasons will find these volumes accessible without being inundated by linguistic jargon. At the same time, the compendium should be of interest to those teaching courses that are dedicated to, or touch upon, the concept of English as a global language and the consequences thereof. -- Grant Howie, The University of the West of England, UK * Modern Language Review *