Routledge Studies in World Englishes
About the Book Series
Being one of the fastest developing areas of linguistic research, World Englishes has received increasing attention in the research scholarship. There have been published monographs and books series which focus on various aspects of the spread of English across the world. However, given the burgeoning development in the field and growing demand from researchers and educators for relevant resources, there is a need to update some of the existing research and, more importantly, there is an exigency to extend the research scholarship to areas that have not hitherto received due attention. These are also the research gaps this proposed book series hopes to fill, in particular, the need for rigorous features-based and empirically-driven studies on World Englishes.
This Singapore Association for Applied Linguistics book series will provide a starting point for those who wish to know more about the aspects of the spread of English in the current globalized world. Each volume can cover the following aspects of the study of World Englishes: issues and theoretical paradigms, feature-based studies (i.e. phonetics and phonology, syntax, lexis) and language in use (e.g. education, media, the law and other related disciplines). It will contain a comprehensive bibliography of works published on the particular areas at the end of the book.
The aims of the series are
- To add to and, if possible, break new ground on the existing research on World Englishes;
- To explore some new varieties of Englishes that have not been previously documented;
- To provide rigorous features-based studies on varieties of World Englishes;
- To investigate the issues and theoretical paradigms surrounding the sociolinguistic aspects of the study of World Englishes;
- To provide an up-to-date documentation of language in use, in education, and language policy issues in World Englishes.
Evolving Englishes: Varieties through Space and Time
1st Edition
Edited
By Sven Leuckert, Sofia Rüdiger, Tobias Bernaisch
January 16, 2026
Under the umbrella of Englishes evolving, this edited volume marries studies into the history of the English language with research traditionally rooted in the World Englishes paradigm. Insights into patterns of regional variation are offered with regard to linguistic features that have hitherto ...
World Englishes in the Arab Gulf States
1st Edition
Edited
By Kay Gallagher
April 29, 2025
Kay Gallagher gathers insightful research from across the lower Arabian gulf to uncover the richness and diversity of World Englishes within the contemporary Arab Gulf states. Her volume presents novel research from this emerging nexus of rapid economic, social, and linguistic development. The ...
Chinese English: Names, Norms and Narratives
1st Edition
By Zhichang Xu
August 26, 2024
This book offers a distinct exploration of Chinese English – which has the largest rising population of speakers in the World Englishes (WE) family. Xu focuses on the fundamental issues of "names" and "norms" that are closely related to Chinese English and the "narratives" of the speakers of ...
Philippine English: Development, Structure, and Sociology of English in the Philippines
1st Edition
Edited
By Ariane Macalinga Borlongan
May 27, 2024
Philippine English is a comprehensive reference work on the history, sociology, and linguistic structure of Philippine English. It offers readers unprecedented access to a synthesis of the last 50 years of research into Philippine English and puts forward a new and better understanding of the ...
Investigating Unequal Englishes: Understanding, Researching and Analysing Inequalities of the Englishes of the World
1st Edition
Edited
By Ruanni Tupas
May 22, 2024
Ruanni Tupas presents rich insights into the inequalities of Englishes and the ways in which these inequalities shape and impact English and multilingual speakers from around the world. This edited volume gives a critical take on world Englishes, while showcasing for readers the various ...
English in East and South Asia: Policy, Features and Language in Use
1st Edition
Edited
By Ee Ling Low, Anne Pakir
May 31, 2023
This book provides a first systematic and comprehensive account of English in East and South Asia (EESA) based on current research by scholars in the field. It has several unique features. Firstly, it provides a rigorous theoretical overview that is necessary for the understanding of EESA in ...
Nominal Pluralization and Countability in African Varieties of English
1st Edition
By Susanne Mohr
May 31, 2023
This book is the first comprehensive analysis of nominal plural marking, its morphosyntax and semantics, across different African varieties of English. Mohr explores the rich diversity in the varieties and how different conceptualizations of the number category are realized across different ...
English in China: Language, Identity and Culture
1st Edition
By Emily Tsz Yan Fong
September 26, 2022
This volume explores Chinese identity through the lens of both the Chinese and English languages. Until the twentieth century, English was a language associated with capitalists and "military aggressors" in China. However, the massive progression of globalisation in China following the 1980s has ...
English in Southeast Asia and ASEAN: Transformation of Language Habitats
1st Edition
By Azirah Hashim, Gerhard Leitner
May 30, 2022
English in Southeast Asia and ASEAN embeds English in its various regional Southeast Asian and political ASEAN language habitats. Addressing the history, developmental stages and contacts with other languages, it provides in-depth information on the region and its political organization. In doing ...
The Shetland Dialect
1st Edition
By Peter Sundkvist
May 30, 2022
The traditional dialect spoken in the Shetland Isles, the northernmost part of Scotland and Britain, is highly distinct. It displays distinct, characteristic features on all linguistic levels and particularly in its sound system, or its phonology. The dialect is one of the lesser- known varieties ...
Children’s English in Singapore: Acquisition, Properties, and Use
1st Edition
By Sarah Buschfeld
August 02, 2021
Combining the World Englishes framework with First Language Acquisition methodology, this book investigates children’s acquisition of L1 English in the context of multilingual Singapore, one of the traditional Kachruvian Outer Circle or ESL countries.The book investigates language choice, use, and ...
Folklinguistics and Social Meaning in Australian English
1st Edition
By Cara Penry Williams
June 30, 2021
Folklinguistics and Social Meaning in Australian English presents an original study of Australian English and, via this, insights into Australian society. Utilising folklinguistic accounts, it uncovers everyday understandings of contemporary Australian English through variations across linguistic ...