World Englishes / Edition 3

Thoroughly updated throughout in line with recent research, this third edition now also includes: Offering a thorough and detailed descriptive account of all the main varieties of English across the globe, 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.