chapter 1 introduction 1.1 rationale for the present study 1.2 objectives of current study 1.3 methodology of current study 1.4 organization of the book chapter 2 world englishes:study of english varieties in the world context 2.1 introduction 2.2 english as a global language in the historical context 2.3 english englishes? 2.4 world englishes 2.5 chinese varieties of english 2.6 summary chapter 3 comprehensive approach:theoretical base for the present study 3.1 introduction 3.2 lanuage change 3.3 sociolinguistic approaches to language variation 3.4 contextual approaches to world englishes:kachru's contextual study of indian english 3.5 applicability of existing models 3.6 a proposed framework of theree-dimensional contextual network 3.7 summary chapter 4 temporal dimension:cve in the socio-historical chapter 5 spatial dimension:linguistic and cultural transfer chapter 6 functional dimension:contact literature chapter 7 some critical thoughts on the study of world englishes chapter 8 conclusion appendix 1 appendix 2 appendix 3 bibliography index