Who's Centric Now? explores regional varieties of English in the context of the increasing globalisation of English. Other issues covered include: the relationships between English and other official languages, the relationships between English and indigenous languages, language and national identity, the history of recording regional Englishes in dictionaries, and the role of British and American English as ‘linguistic imperialists'. The countries which receive major emphasis are Australia, New Zealand, Bangladesh, Canada, Fiji, India, Malaysia, Singapore and South Africa.

Tables; Figures; Preface;

1. World English(es), world dictionaries - Tom McArthur

2. New Zealand, New Zealand English, and the dictionaries - Tony Deverson

3. Australian English: Australian identity - Bruce Moore

4. Lexical borrowing from Maori in New Zealand English - Graeme Kennedy

5. South African English: politics and the sense of place - Penny Silva

6. Globalising Singaporean-Malaysian English in an inclusive learner's dictionary - Vincent B. Y. Ooi

7. English in Bangladesh after independence: dynamics of policy and practice - Rahela Banu & Roland Sussex

 8. English in post-colonial India: an appraisal - R. S. Gupta

9. The spread of Anglo-Indian words into South-East Asia - Cavan Hogue

10. Pacific Pidgin Englishes: the Australian connection - Darrell Tryon

11. Two-Way English and the bicultural experience - Ian Malcolm

12. The current status of English in Fiji - Jan Tent

13. Queen's English and People's English - John Simpson