... approaches to language variation and language change. These sub-disciplines include, amongst others: language and ethnicity, language and gender, language and age, multilingualism, language planning ... spread of English as an inter-national language, initially highlighted in A8. The expansion of different varieties ofEnglishes around the world has been intensified by English as the global language ... others) have returned and changed British English too. The effects of massmigration, globalisation, and the dominance of English as an international language continue to produce innovation and...