Azirah Hashim is a Professor in the English Language Department, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, University of Malaya and was, until recently, Executive Director of the Asia-Europe Institute and Director of the Centre for ASEAN Regionalism.Gerhard Leitner is a Professor in the Institut für Englische Philologie at the Freie Universität Berlin. He is a specialist of varieties of English in South and Southeast Asia, and Australia, as well as of English as a global language. He has been Visiting Professor in Malaysia, Singapore, India, China and Australia.

This volume on the development and roles of English in South East Asia and ASEAN is unique and timely as English has evolved in leaps and bounds since the first British colony of Penang was established in 1786. This valuable contribution weaves and explains the complex web of growth of the language over a quarter of a millennium. English has an exciting role in ASEAN and if you have even the minutest interest in the role of English in ASEAN as a scholar, entrepreneur or student you should grab this unputdownable book now!Lim Beng Soon, Singapore University of Social Sciences

• List of mapsList of abbreviationsPrefaceChapter One: English and local languages in Southeast Asia and ASEAN Chapter Two: The transformation of local language habitats Chapter Three: History of English in Southeast Asia Chapter Four: Texture and Features of English Chapter Five: Language contact and the development of English in Southeast Asia Chapter Six: English in specific domains Chapter Seven: English as a Lingua Franca in ASEAN Chapter Eight: Language policy and language education Chapter Nine: Future of English and future challengesReferencesIndex

Azirah Hashim is a Professor in the English Language Department, Faculty of Languages and Linguistics, University of Malaya and was, until recently, Executive Director of the Asia-Europe Institute and Director of the Centre for ASEAN Regionalism.Gerhard Leitner is a Professor in the Institut für Englische Philologie at the Freie Universität Berlin. He is a specialist of varieties of English in South and Southeast Asia, and Australia, as well as of English as a global language. He has been Visiting Professor in Malaysia, Singapore, India, China and Australia.

This volume on the development and roles of English in South East Asia and ASEAN is unique and timely as English has evolved in leaps and bounds since the first British colony of Penang was established in 1786. This valuable contribution weaves and explains the complex web of growth of the language over a quarter of a millennium. English has an exciting role in ASEAN and if you have even the minutest interest in the role of English in ASEAN as a scholar, entrepreneur or student you should grab this unputdownable book now!Lim Beng Soon, Singapore University of Social Sciences

• List of mapsList of abbreviationsPrefaceChapter One: English and local languages in Southeast Asia and ASEAN Chapter Two: The transformation of local language habitats Chapter Three: History of English in Southeast Asia Chapter Four: Texture and Features of English Chapter Five: Language contact and the development of English in Southeast Asia Chapter Six: English in specific domains Chapter Seven: English as a Lingua Franca in ASEAN Chapter Eight: Language policy and language education Chapter Nine: Future of English and future challengesReferencesIndex