A reference book of the highest quality ... easy to use and very readable Tony Wright, Senior Lecturer, International Education Centre, College of St Mork and St John, Plymouth International English is an accessible, informative and entertaining introduction to the main varieties of English spoken throughout the world The third edition has been expanded and updated to add substantial new information on tegional and ethnic varieties of American English. It also examines a wide range of non-native varieties of English, from West Africa to Bangladesh, and Pakistan to the Philippines. International English is particularly useful to teachers and advanced learners of English as a second or foreign language, who will find information not only about the kind of English at which they themselves are aiming, but also about the other varieties with which they may come into contact: and to sutdents and lecturers with an interest in the English language, sociolinguistics and language variation. The complemenary recording, available on cassette, presents the vowel systems of varieties of English discussed in the book, together with readings by a native speaker. Peter Trudgill is professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Lausanne and Jean Hannah is a freelance editor and writing consultant.

Preface by Halliday
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导读
Note to the third edition
Acknowledgements
Symbols
1 Varieties of Standard English
1.1 The two main standard varieties
1.2 The spread of English
2 English,Australasian,South African and Welsh Enlish
2.1 The RP accent
2.2 Australian,New Zealand and South African English
2.3 Welsh English
3 The pronunciation of Nurth American English
3.1 North American English vowels
3.2 North American English consonants
3.3 Regional variation in United States English
3.4 The pronunciation of Canadian English
3.5 Non-systematic differences between North
Americah English and English English pronun-ciation
3.6 Stress differences
3.7 Further differences between American English
and Canadian English pronunciation
4 English and North American English:grammatical,
orthographical and lexical differences
4.1 Grannatical differences
4.2 Spelling and punctuation differences
4.3 Vocabulary differences
5 Scottish and Irish English
5.1 Scottish English
5.2 English in Ireland
6 West Indian English and English-based creoles
6.1 English-based pidgins
6.2 English-based creoles
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7 Second language varieties of English