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Abstract

The American scene provides a capsule of the profile of Englishes in the world. Appreciating and understanding it is therefore essential to dispel the linguistic ethnocentrism which we have noticed in the profession and in several studies (see, e.g., Prator 1968; also, for a response, see Kachru 1976). Despite this limitation, this book can be read with profit by students, teachers, and applied linguists. The absence of an index is a minor irritant.