Exploring the diverse varieties of English across the globe, this book offers insights into phonetics, phonology, grammar, and vocabulary from regions such as Singapore, Scotland, Canada, and New Zealand. It serves as a valuable resource for English as a foreign language teachers and linguistics students, highlighting the unique characteristics of each variant and facilitating a deeper understanding of global English usage.
"From Scotland to Singapore, Canada to the Channel Islands, Namibia to New Zealand and beyond, International English takes you on a journey through the varieties of Standard English spoken around the world. Comparisons across the varieties provide a comprehensive guide to differences in phonetics, phonology, grammar and vocabulary, providing a useful resource for teachers of English as a foreign language and linguistics students alike." "In this fifth edition the authors have added a new discussion of what Standard English really is, as well as an outline of typologies of varieties of English including ELF 'English as a lingua franca'. This new material will be of particular interest to teachers and advanced learners of English as a foreign or second language as well as students of sociolinguistics, English language and language variation."--Jacket