Varieties of Present-day English

The purpose of the present research term paper is to study the characteristic features of the standard English, present day territorial dialect of the English language and English slang, to investigate the spread of English around the world and to characterize the peculiarities of Indian English
Our work involves the following tasks:
1. To investigate variants and variations of the English language and to compare it with Standard English.
2. To explore the spread of English around the world and its historical background.
3. To characterize the general features of the World Englishes and their types.
4. To make a comparative characteristic of Indian English and Standard English, to investigate distinctive features of Indian English in literature.

INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………….3
CHAPTER I. GENERAL CHARECTERISTICS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE ITS VARIANTS AND VARIATIONS…………………………..5
1.1. Standard English………………………………………………………..5
1.2. Variation of the English language. Its regional dialects…………….…12
1.3. World Englishes……………………………………………………….16
CHAPTER II. THE SPREAD OF ENGLISH AROUND THE WORLD……………………………………………………………………….....21
2.1. Integrating New Englishes into the history of the English Language....21
2.2. The spread of English in former British colonies…………………...…26
CHAPTER III. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WORLD ENGLISHES………………………………………………………………...…...31
3.1. General features of varieties of Present-day English……………….…31
3.2. Peculiarities of Іndian English…………………………………...……38
CONCLUSION………...…………………………………………….……54
APPENDIXES…………...………………………………………………..56
REFERENCES…………………………………………………………....58