English in the World

Global Rules, Global Roles

Examines different conceptions of English as an international language, looking at world Englishes, native-speakers and 'standard' English. This book also covers the pedagogical implications of English as an international language; and addresses key questions with regard to the teaching of English.

It is precisely the observation of the polymorphous nature of the English
language worldwide that prompted the wish to capture this richness and diversity
in the corpus I have been compiling at the University of Vienna, the Vienna—
Oxford International Corpus of English (VOICE)? For in order to be able to
acknowledge this polymorphous nature you need to be able to perceive it, and in
order to perceive it, you need to document it. One of the most impressive insights
of corpus-based ...