ABSTRACT
In this chapter I will first briefly characterize the nature of English as an international language, World Englishes, and English as a lingua franca. While I refer in this chapter predominantly to recent empirical research on English as a lingua franca, I suggest that since interactions in English as a lingua franca are found to differ on the levels of discourse and pragmatics from Inner-Circle English talk, they may well also be relevant for speakers of English as an international language and World Englishes.
