World Englishes

Tometro Hopkins is Associate Professor in the Linguistics Program at Florida International University, USA. Kendall Decker is an international LanguageAssessment Coordinator at SIL International, USA, and an expert on the Belize Kriol languageJohn McKenny is Lecturer in English Language and Applied Linguistics in the English Studies Division at the University of Nottingham Ningbo, China.

• AcknowledgementsContributorsList of MapsList of TablesList of AbbreviationsIntroduction, John McKenny1. Historical Perspectives on the Development of English, Paul Cavill2. Englishes of London and the Southeast of England, Joanna Ryfa3. Yorkshire English, Barry J. H. Rawling4. North East Dialect, the late Bill Griffiths5. West Midlands English, Steve Thorne6. South West English, Susanne Wagner7. English in Scotland, John Corbett and Jane Stuart-Smith8. North West English, Phillip Tipton9. English in Wales, Heli Paulasto10. English in Ireland, John Wilson and Sharon Millar11. The Isle of Man, Andrew Hamer12. English in Orkney and Shetland Islands, Klaske van Leyden13. English in the Channel Islands, Heinrich RamishIndex