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Chapter 9: English around the World

This chapter focuses more closely on the varieties of English spoken outside England. These varieties are referred to as World English(es), Englishes, Global English, English as a Lingua Franca (ELF), and English as an International Language (EIL). These names reflect the fact that English is used as a global/international language in addition to having native or near-native speakers.


Useful Links

 

Varieties of English

A wonderful page with lots of images and maps can be found at the University of Duisburg-Essen site.

The World Atlas of Varieties of English is a wonderful resourc and a video on it appears here.

How varieties of English and Germanic sound can be heard on thies site from the University of Edinburgh.

Corpora

Audio

Grammar Maps

Lexica

Pidgins & Creoles

Endangered Languages

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