The complex politics of English as a world language provides the backdrop both for linguistic studies of varieties of English around the world and for postcolon

A sweeping account of the global rise of English and the high-stakes politics of languageSpoken by a quarter of the world's population, English is today's lingu

Covering a wide range of areas including international politics, colonial history, critical pedagogy, postcolonial literature and applied linguistics, this book

George Orwell set out ‘to make political writing into an art’, and to a wide extent this aim shaped the future of English literature – his descriptions of

Written in a detailed and fascinating manner, this book is ideal for general readers interested in the English language.