世界英語(yǔ)是一個(gè)新興的本地化或本土化的英語(yǔ)變體的術(shù)語(yǔ)，尤其是在受英國(guó)或美國(guó)影響的地區(qū)發(fā)展起來的變體。世界英語(yǔ)的研究包括識(shí)別全球不同社會(huì)語(yǔ)言學(xué)語(yǔ)境中使用的各種英語(yǔ)，分析社會(huì)語(yǔ)言學(xué)歷史、多元文化背景和功能語(yǔ)境如何影響世界不同地區(qū)的英語(yǔ)使用。世界英語(yǔ)問題最早是在1978年提出的，目的是在全球范圍內(nèi)考察區(qū)域英語(yǔ)的概念。適當(dāng)性、可理解性和可解釋性等語(yǔ)用因素證明英語(yǔ)是一種國(guó)際和國(guó)內(nèi)語(yǔ)言。1988年，在夏威夷檀香山舉行的“英語(yǔ)教師對(duì)其他語(yǔ)言者”會(huì)議上，成立了世界英語(yǔ)研究國(guó)際委員會(huì)。1992年，在美國(guó)伊利諾斯大學(xué)舉行的“今日世界英語(yǔ)”會(huì)議上，ICWE正式成立了世界英語(yǔ)國(guó)際協(xié)會(huì)(IAWE)。現(xiàn)在有一本學(xué)術(shù)期刊專門研究這個(gè)題目，題目是《世界英語(yǔ)》目前，大約有75個(gè)地區(qū)在政府、法律和教育等領(lǐng)域?qū)⒂⒄Z(yǔ)作為第一語(yǔ)言(L1)或非官方或制度化的第二語(yǔ)言(L2)使用。隨著英語(yǔ)新品種的不斷發(fā)展和發(fā)現(xiàn)，世界上英語(yǔ)的總數(shù)很難確定。

World Englishes is a term for emerging localized or indigenized varieties of English, especially varieties that have developed in territories influenced by the United Kingdom or the United States. The study of World Englishes consists of identifying varieties of English used in diverse sociolinguistic contexts globally and analyzing how sociolinguistic histories, multicultural backgrounds and contexts of function influence the use of English in different regions of the world.The issue of World Englishes was first raised in 1978 to examine concepts of regional Englishes globally. Pragmatic factors such as appropriateness, comprehensibility and interpretability justified the use of English as an international and intra-national language. In 1988, at a Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) conference in Honolulu, Hawaii, the International Committee of the Study of World Englishes (ICWE) was formed. In 1992, the ICWE formally launched the International Association for World Englishes (IAWE) at a conference of "World Englishes Today", at the University of Illinois, USA.[1] There is now an academic journal devoted to the study of this topic, titled World Englishes.[2]Currently, there are approximately 75 territories where English is spoken either as a first language (L1) or as an unofficial or institutionalized second language (L2) in fields such as government, law and education. It is difficult to establish the total number of Englishes in the world, as new varieties of English are constantly being developed and discovered.