Exploring the Ecology of World Englishes in the Twenty-first Century

Highlights the adaptability of English in contact with other languages, cultures and societies and in diverse regional habitats Examines features of world Englishes in their sociocultural contexts, with studies on in South Africa, the Cocos Island, Singapore, Uganda, China, the Philippines, Micronesia, Australia, New ZealandAppraises lexical and constructional innovations in English Presents fresh empirical evidence to discuss language variation using data from text corpora, speech recordings, s