Global cities play a significant role in world economy as they serve as key hubs of economic
activity and trade. These cities are centers of innovation, finance, culture, and commerce …

English as a global lingua franca interacts with other languages across a wide range of
multilingual contexts. Combining insights from linguistics, education studies, and …

Abstract The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has witnessed an unprecedented economic and
cultural development since its foundation in 1971. Foreign labor and investment play a …

The introductory chapter provides an overview of the book's main theme: linguistic identities
in the Arab Gulf States and waves of change. The introduction discusses the content of the …

In contemplating multilingualism and mobility in the 21st century, several dimensions
warrant attention in the emerging field of migration linguistics. First is the move beyond …

The study aims to work towards a diachronic reconstruction of pragmatic particles in
Colloquial Singapore English (CSE, also known as “Singlish”) by exploiting an unused …

The objective of this chapter is to apply a synthesis of models for world Englishes to Irish
English, for which data from ICE-corpora, the Handbook of Varieties of English, the Mouton …

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is characterized by extensive language contact. Although
Arabic is the official language, practically all communication in general as well as in higher …

Language policy and planning (LPP) in the Gulf states of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is frequently changing and …

The diversity of Englishes around the world continues to stir the interest of researchers
working in different fields of linguistics, language and communication. English in its myriad …