ABSTRACT
In writing my concluding remarks to this volume, I have decided to discuss Englishes and linguistic (in-)equality from a viewpoint that is as down to earth as possible. This is because I believe that what really matters is how inequality, linguistic or otherwise, affects and is relevant to people and their lived experiences, as this volume illustrates brilliantly. Linguistic features of different varieties of English can be identified, studied, documented, and distinct Englishes can be shown to have their own internal sets of rules. But in my view there are two other forms of work that we need to take on. One is to seriously appreciate the importance of geopolitics, social inequality, coloniality, economics in shaping language ideologies and discourses about language. The other is to engage with people outside academic circles in accessible and meaningful ways.
