IT’S ALWAYS DIFFICULT TO THE FIRST...(The Foreword to a recent article of Larry Smith)

Abstract

Written in the genre of preface, this introductory article is a metatext to the paper by Larry Smith - one of the founders of World Englishes Paradigm. The goal is to introduce to the readers all necessary information about L. Smith and one of his most recent work program, dedicated to understanding and description of the new paradigm.