Terminological Confusion in a New Linguistic Perspective: Metalanguage of the English Diversity Studies

The article discusses the major principles of the World Englishes Paradigm as a sociolinguistic discipline and some ambiguous terms related to the global spread of English (world Englishes, International English, English as an International Language, English as a Lingua Franca.) The concepts that underpin the terms are associated with ideologically different paradigms and approaches to the status and functions of the English language.

sociolinguistics, standard, norm, model, variety of a language, International English, English as an International Language, English as a Lingua Franca, linguaculture studies