Peter Siemund, Julia Davydova & Georg Maier. The Amazing World of Englishes. A Practical Introduction
vi + 283 pp. USD 42.00 pb;. ISBN 978-3-11-026645-0
andPhilip Seargeant. Exploring World Englishes. Language in a Global Context
London/New York: Routledge, 2012. xiv+218 pp. USD 41.95. pb;. ISBN 978-0-415-57210-1 USD 150.00978-0-415-57209-5

Reviewed by

Sandra Mollin | University of Heidelberg

Published online: 10 October 2014

https://doi.org/10.1075/eww.35.3.05mol

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