The title of this book, International Varieties of
English, requires some comment. It might be expected that this would
refer to varieties of English which arc used internationally, but
this is not its normal field of use.
Instead, it is a well-established
label for varieties of English which are used nationally in different
places in the world. Although ‘national varieties of English’ might be a
more transparent term, this widely accepted though slightly peculiar use of‘international varieties’ is maintained in this book...
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