Summary

Routledge English Language Introductions cover core areas of language study and are one-stop resources for students.

World Englishes:

The accompanying website can be found at http://www.routledge.com/textbooks/9780415466127

Choice Review

Jenkins (Univ. of Southampton, UK) has updated the 2003 first edition of this volume to keep pace with relevant issues and debates. Treating renowned linguists' theories and research, this is not a history of the English language; instead, it takes the critical debates and controversies in English since the 16th century and situates them in an international context. The first section of the book looks at "key topics in World Englishes." The "activity" suggestions in parts B and C ("Development: Implications and Issues" and "Exploration: Current Debates in World Englishes") expand readers' thinking on specific ideas raised in those sections; section D ("Extension") provides readings by experts in the field and questions for further consideration. The text concludes with an annotated list of readings that correspond to topics in the preceding pages. Thanks to its novel layout, this volume lends itself to either skimming or in-depth reading: it can be read section to section--from beginning to end--or across numbered units (which is to say, topics in A1 correspond with those in units B1, C1, and so on). References to materials straight out of everyday life--e-mails, speech transcripts, newspapers--make the content easily accessible to those interested in English as a world language. Summing Up: Recommended. All users. E. Razzano Lyndon State College