A proposal for a new objective for the teaching of English as a foreign language in the 21st century

A reply from a Danish-born teacher of English in Japan to Sir Randolph Quirk's ‘Language varieties and standard language’ (ET 21)

A consideration of ‘nativeness’, ‘foreignness’, expertise and language allegiance

A consideration of the practical benefits to English-language lexicographers of the evidence derived from computer corpora (second article of three)

Thomas M. Paikeday asks some questions about a curious word that appear only to be answerable through the use of the corpus and concordancing

A survey of the acronyms and other types of abbreviation used among students, soldiers, nurses, hobos and others in the USA

Some observations on ways in which English is arranged and deranged around the world