no. 1, free sample issue
features: “How to speak Venusian,” Peter Stockwell explores possibilities of communicating with aliens; “‘Anything you say may be given in evidence…,’ Peter French and Louisa Stevens reveal the realities of life as a forensic speech scientist; “The two faces of the dragon,” Dániel Z. Kádár describes politeness practices in Chinese and how they vary from those of other languages; “Circles of English,” Marcus Birdle explains how English has become a global language and how its norms are shifting.