The issue of English and its global versions has a lot to do with globalization at large as the most invasive factor currently shaping the way we live, produce cultural artifacts, and communicate across linguistic and political borders. The distinction between correct and incorrect usage being to some extent irrelevant within a global context, this volume looks at Global English in relation to global media, both traditional and electronic (magazines, websites, and news distribution). It then addresses the issue from the point of view of language teaching, academic discourse and world music. The final section is concerned with the role of English within communities of professionals (marketing, accounting, psychoanalysis) in an international context.

The volume includes essays from scholars who adopt different viewpoints, ranging from corpus linguistics to lexicology, sociolinguistics, and translation studies.

Contents: Roberto Cagliero/Jennifer Jenkins: Introduction - Anna Belladelli: Cosmopolitan Italia and Global Slang - Luisa Caiazzo: The 'promotional' English(es) of University Websites - M. Cristina Caimotto: Global Distribution of Secondary News: A Case Study - Richard W. Hallett: 'Information They Cannot Find Elsewhere': Ideology in Voice of America's Special English - Jennifer Jenkins: ELF Still at the Gate: Attitudes towards English as a Lingua Franca - Laurie Anderson: Standards of Acceptability in English as an Academic Lingua Franca: Evidence from a Corpus of Peer-reviewed Working Papers by International Scholars - Linda Manney: Popular World Music and World English: Multiple Traditions in New Locations - Lucia Abbamonte: ELF as the Medium in the Psychoanalytic Discourse Community: Science and International Dissemination - Roxana Ciolaneanu: The Role of English in the Romanian Terminology of Marketing - Lise Mourier: Mapping Global English Accounting Terminology in a Multifunctional Electronic Dictionary: A Contribution to Standardising Global English within a Specific Domain?

Roberto Cagliero is Associate Professor of English and Translation at the University of Verona, Italy. He has published one volume and several essays in the field of Translation Studies. He is the compiler of a dictionary of American slang, English into Italian.

Jennifer Jenkins is Chair of Global Englishes and Director of the Centre for Global Englishes at the University of Southampton. She has published several books and essays on World Englishes in general, and English as a Lingua Franca in particular.