A sweeping account of the global rise of English and the high-stakes politics of languageSpoken by a quarter of the world's population, English is today's lingu

English in the World: History, Diversity, Change examines the English language as it has developed through history and is used across the globe today. The first

A lively and accessible introduction to world Englishes, setting a range of global varieties in their historical and social contexts.

Born as a Germanic tongue with the arrival in Britain of the Anglo-Saxons in the early medieval period, heavily influenced by Norman French from the 11th centur

A collection of studies on the role of English in German-speaking countries, covering a broad range of topics.