Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Figures and Tables x
4. Contributors xi
5. Preface xv
6. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
7. Chapter 2. Globalization and International Intelligibility 23
8. Chapter 3. From Chaos to Order: Language Change, Lingua Francas and World Englishes 45
9. Chapter 4. English as a Lingua Franca in the Global Context: Interconnectedness, Variation and Change 72
10. Chapter 5. World Englishes, Globalization and the Politics of Conformity 93
11. Chapter 6. EFL: From ‘You Sound Like Dickens’ to International English 113
12. Chapter 7. Glocalization of English in World Englishes: An Emerging Variety among Persian Speakers of English 137
13. Chapter 8. Local Networks in the Formation and Development of West African English 159
14. Chapter 9. The English Language, Globalization and Latin America: Possible Lessons from the ‘Outer Circle’ 175
15. Chapter 10. Rethinking Origins and Localization in Global Englishes 196
16. Chapter 11. Final Reflections: Globalization and World Englishes 211
17. Index 230