While World Englishes scholarship has always been concerned with different types of English varieties, Expanding Circle (i.e., non-postcolonial) have had a ‘late start’ in being added to its research remit. As result, much important work this area remains be done. general and Asian particular are still neglected many handbooks (e.g., The Cambridge Handbook ; Schreier, Hundt & Schneider, 202...

Research on complementizer selection has shown that the presence of a negative particle in subordinate complement clause influences choice, leading to relatively higher proportion finite complementation patterns by increasing complexity syntactic environment. Studies have also different types negation, namely not - and no -negation, increase tendency towards more explicit options (Rohdenburg 20...

English for Research Publication Purposes (ERPP) is a sub-field of Academic (EAP), itself applied linguistics. This article considers ERPP from world Englishes perspective, considering the question as to what sort appropriate ERPP: standardised model, preferred at present, or varietal, Englishes, which would take more account fact that majority scholars publishing their work in are no longer An...

This study investigatesvariability in English yes/no questions as well as the commonalities among yes/no question variants produced by members of two different varieties of English: Canadian English native speakers and Iranian EFL learners.Further, it probes the role of gender in theEnglish yes/no question variants produced by Canadian English native speakers and those produced by Iranian EFL l...

This article suggests that in the investigation of World Englishes, which has tended to focus on syntactic, phonological and lexical preferences, analysis shifts word meanings (and meaning–form relations items) needs be incorporated. Exemplary small-scale studies show polysemic words certain varieties come prefer specific meanings, fields some begin forms over others. Based analyses different I...