Subject

The recently published volume Keywords for Today is a collaborative work which examines the most important words in contemporary culture by exploring their histories and uses across different periods and discourses. It carries on and updates the work of Raymond Williams’s Keywords, paying attention to the changing political landscape and using modern resources. In this special issue of Critical Quarterly, scholars including linguists, historians, philosophers, and literary scholars react to this important work from different perspectives. In a keywords-style entry first presented at an event to discuss the prospect of a Keywords for South Asian English, Sasinindu Patabendige and Nadeeka Priyadharshani discuss subject, paying particular attention to its use in Sri Lankan English.