This is the first ever volume to compile sociolinguistic and historical information on lesser-known, and relatively ignored, native varieties of English around

This book documents the lesser-known varieties of English which have been overlooked and understudied within the canon of English linguistics.

Recent developments in contact linguistics suggest considerable overlap of branches such as historical linguistics, variationist sociolinguistics, pidgin/creole

From Singapore to Scotland, Canada to the Channel Islands, Namibia to New Zealand and beyond, International English takes you on a fascinating journey through t

Describes and compares, at the level of phonetics, phonology, grammar and vocabulary, the main varieties of Standard English spoken and written today.