Contents: Roberta Facchinetti/David Crystal/Barbara Seidlhofer: Introduction - David Crystal: The future of Englishes: going local - Jill Hallett: Code switching in diasporic Indian and Jewish English language media - Cristiana Chiarini: Israeli politeness in English: an intercultural perspective - Wannapa Trakulkasemsuk/Namtip Pingkarawat: A comparative analysis of English feature articles in magazines published in Thailand and Britain: Linguistic aspects - Franca Poppi: Investigating ELF group membership: A case study focusing on The Baltic Times - Mara Logaldo: 'Only the immigrants can speak the Queen's English these days' but all kids have a Jamaican accent: Overcompensation vs. urban slang in multiethnic London - Barbara Seidlhofer: Giving VOICE to English as a Lingua Franca - Marta Degani: The Pakeha myth of one New Zealand/Aotearoa: An exploration in the use of Maori loanwords in New Zealand English - Irina Khoutyz: The pragmatics of anglicisms in modern Russian discourse - Maria Cristina Gatti: A 'persuasive' upturn. Textual and semiotic variations in the intercultural recontextualisation of financial discourse - Elisabetta Adami: ELF and sign-making practices on YouTube: Between globalisation and specificities.