The Routledge Handbook of World Englishes constitutes a comprehensive introduction to the study of World Englishes. With a new substantial introduction from the editor, the Handbook is an ideal resource for students of applied linguistics as well as those in related degrees such as applied English language and TESOL/TEFL.

List of ContributorsIntroduction Section 1 Historical Perspectives and Traditional Englishes1 Standardized English: The History of the Earlier Circles2 Grammatical variation in the contemporary spoken English of England3 Phonological innovation in contemporary spoken British English4 The Englishes of Ireland: Emergence, Transportation and Current Trends5 The development of standard American English 6 The Englishes of Canada7 English in Australia8 The English(es) of New ZealandSection 2 Regional Varieties9 The development of the English language in India10 Sri Lankan Englishes11 English in education in Bangladesh: World Englishes perspectives12 East and West African Englishes: Differences and commonalities 13. Spread of English at the grassroots? Sociolinguistic evidence from two post-protectorates: Maldives and Uganda14 South African Englishes15 China English: a future power16 Periphery ELT: Myths about English in the Philippines17 English in Singapore and Malaysia Differences and Similarities 18 English in Japan19 Slavic Englishes: education or culture? 20 West Indian English: An Introduction to Literature in Selected Varieties21 English and English teaching in Colombia: Tensions and possibilities in the expanding circleSection 3: Emerging Trends and Themes22 English as a Lingua Franca in the European context23 Developmental patterns of English: similar or different?24 Mixed codes or varieties of English?25 Semantic and pragmatic conceptualisations within an emerging variety: Persian English26 Writing in Englishes ‘In Defence of Foreigness’27 World Englishes, Social Disharmonisation, and Environmental Destruction Section 4 Contemporary Contexts, Functions and Variables28 Online Englishes29 The Englishes of Business 30 The increasing use of EMI in Higher Education31 The Englishes of Popular Culture 32 World Englishes and Philippine call centres 33 Translanguaging and Multilingual Creativity with English in the Sinophone World34 ‘Brexit’ and the postnational dimension of English in Europe Section 5: Debates and Pedagogical Implications35 Variation across Englishes Phonology36 English language teachers in context: Who teaches what, where and why?37 When does an unconventional form become an innovation?38 Which Test of Which English and Why?39 Academic Englishes: A Standardised Knowledge?Section 6: The Future40 The Future of Englishes: one, many or none?Index

'This revised and extended edition will be widely welcomed, providing as it does an accessible and extremely informative and comprehensive survey of the developing diversity of World Englishes, both as a significant global phenomenon and as a prolific area of enquiry.'H.G.Widdowson, University of Vienna, AustriaPraise for the 1st edition:'... a fascinatingly varied collection... I would recommend it to all English teachers.' LINGUIST List'...represents a major contribution to the discipline which will be a valuable resource and reference work for readers from a wide range of backgrounds — including historical linguistics, dialectology, sociolinguistics, second language acquisition, applied linguistics and literary studies.' English World-Wide