Language Diversity, English/englishes

Books and articles on language diversity and 'global English/englishes
Abley, M. (2008). The Prodigal Tongue: Dispatches from the Future of English. Heinemann.

Block, D. and Cameron, D. (2002). Globalization and Language Teaching. Routledge.

Canagarajah, A.S. (2006). 'The Place of World Englishes in Composition: Pluralization Continued' in College Composition and Communication, 57:4, 586-619.


Clark, U. (2001). War Words: Language, History and the Disciplining of English. Elsevier Science.

Crowley, T. (1991). Proper English? Readings in Language, History and Cultural Identity. Routledge.

Crystal, D. (1997). English as a Global Language. Cambridge University Press.

Kachru, B.B. ed. (1992). The Other Tongue: English Across Cultures. University of Illinois Press.


Pennycook, A. (1994). The Cultural Politics of English as an International Language. London: Longman.

Tosi, A. (ed). (2002). Crossing Barriers and Bridging Cultures: the Challenge of Multilingual Translation for the European Union. Clevedon: Multilingual Matters.
For more on the EU Translation Service (the largest in the world) see here.

Bilingualism

Zentella, A.C. (1997). Growing Up Bilingual. Blackwells.