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Publication details [#56858]

Rajagopalan, Kanavillil. 2012. World English’ or ‘World Englishes’? Does it make any difference? International Journal of Applied Linguistics 22 (3) : 374–391.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

labeling | language of wider communication | language spread | language status | lingua franca

Language as a subject

English

Place, Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Journal WWW

www.ingenta.com/journals/browse/bpl/ijal

Annotation

As the English language proliferates across the world, this study argues that the designation of World English(es) is very important given the links and implications that greatly affect the manner of addressing the very phenomenon.