A much-cited and highly influential text by Alastair Pennycook, one of the world authorities in sociolinguistics, The Cultural Politics of English as an Interna

The complex politics of English as a world language provides the backdrop both for linguistic studies of varieties of English around the world and for postcolon

Written in a detailed and fascinating manner, this book is ideal for general readers interested in the English language.

English and the Discourses of Colonialism opens with the British departure from Hong Kong marking the end of British colonialism. Yet Alastair Pennycook argues

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