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The book's ecological perspective offers a fresh theoretical framework for analysing both outer- and inner-circle Englishes. It investigates the varieties of English spoken as a second language, by bi- or multilingual speakers in South Africa, India, Singapore, Hong Kong and the Philippines, and by some lesser-known oceanic varieties in Micronesia and Polynesia, revealing the remarkable divergences in the use of common English elements across geographical distances. Tapping into current debates about colonial legacies and decolonization, as well as ongoing concerns about democracy, regional power and globalisation, this book explores a range of fresh evidence to discuss language variation across the globe.

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A fascinating, expert-studded collection taking its readers on an insightful trip along the shores of the Indian Ocean and the Western and South Pacific, offering a rare holistic view of the relevant Englishes by discussing language use and language structure against the specific closely intertwined ecological, cultural and societal contexts-- ""Bernd Kortmann, University of Freiberg"" In Exploring the Ecology of World Englishes in the Twenty-first Century, Peters and Burridge have laid an important foundation for the future of World Englishes research. Although the volume concentrates largely on varieties of English used in the Indo-Pacific, the methods used and the concerns raised are applicable to all varieties of English. Corpora prove to be a flexible resource, not only for traditional foci of World Englishes research, such as morphosyntactic variation, but also for exploring traces of culture enregistered in language. World Englishes research should more carefully consider how the linguistic ecology contributes to the development of varieties of English.--Guyanne Wilson, University College London ""English Language and Linguistics""

"A fascinating, expert-studded collection taking its readers on an insightful trip along the shores of the Indian Ocean and the Western and South Pacific, offering a rare holistic view of the relevant Englishes by discussing language use and language structure against the specific closely intertwined ecological, cultural and societal contexts-- ""Bernd Kortmann, University of Freiberg"" In Exploring the Ecology of World Englishes in the Twenty-first Century, Peters and Burridge have laid an important foundation for the future of World Englishes research. Although the volume concentrates largely on varieties of English used in the Indo-Pacific, the methods used and the concerns raised are applicable to all varieties of English. Corpora prove to be a flexible resource, not only for traditional foci of World Englishes research, such as morphosyntactic variation, but also for exploring traces of culture enregistered in language. World Englishes research should more carefully consider how the linguistic ecology contributes to the development of varieties of English.--Guyanne Wilson, University College London ""English Language and Linguistics"""

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Pam Peters, Emeritus Professor, Macquarie University. Kate Burridge, Professor, Monash University.

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