ABSTRACT
This chapter provides the issues in the literature, which investigate eight varieties of English including American English (AmE), British English (BrE), Canadian English (CaE), Singaporean English, Indian English (InE), Chinese English, Japanese English and Korean English. Meanwhile, Expanding Circle Englishes is in the process of fighting for acknowledgement and raising awareness in the public sphere as to their existence and legitimacy. Examination of the linguistic differences between AmE and BrE are the initial concerns of a considerable number of studies. cholarly attention, then, is largely given to debates about how to categorise these varieties of BrE. Scholarly attention is largely given to debates about how to categorise these varieties of BrE. CaE has typically been described as a variety that lies between the two widely recognised varieties of English: BrE and AmE. The initial negative attitudes towards InE have been noted in a number of studies.
