World Englishes as Components of a Complex Dynamic System

This Element proposes to view World Englishes as components of an overarching Complex Dynamic System of Englishes, against the conventional view of regarding them as discrete, rule-governed, categorial systems. It introduces the theory of Complex Dynamic Systems and the main properties of such systems, and surveys earlier applications to language.

• | Author: Edgar W. Schneider
• | Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 04, 2025
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781009289481
• | ISBN-10: 1009289489