This book takes an original look at what happens when speakers of different varieties of English interact with one another.

1. Introduction; 2. From English as a lingua franca to interactions across Englishes; 3. Interactions across Englishes and contact phenomena; 4. The interactions-across-Englishes model; 5. Intranational interactions across Englishes in the outer circle; 6. Local choices in South Africa; 7. International interactions across Englishes - trends and developments; 8. Linguistic choices in global IaEs; 9. Conclusion and outlook.

Christiane Meierkord is Chair Professor of English Linguistics in the English Department at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany.