Retaining all the features of the First Edition, this Second Edition presents an overhaul of the subject for a new generation of language-lovers, teachers, students, and professional English-users

• A whole new chapter on internet English, illustrating the impact of the web on the English language
  
  
• Now with a new preface, bringing the book up-to-date
  
  
• Extensive new material on world English, adding even more content to the book
  
  
• Numerous new colour illustrations
  
  
• Complete updating of statistics, providing readers with the latest facts and figures
  
  
• Further reading suggestions to help readers research a topic in greater detail
  
  
• Updated references throughout, providing the reader with reliable source information