Language as a local practice [electronic resource] / Alastair Pennycook.
This work addresses the questions of language, locality and practice as a way of moving forward in our understanding of how language operates as an integrated social and spatial activity.
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| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2010.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: language as a local practice
- 'Press 1 for English': practice as the 'generic social thing'
- The reverend on ice again: similarity, difference and relocalization
- Talking in the city: the linguistic landscaping of locality
- Kerala tuskers: language as already local
- Alibangbang and ecologies of local language practices
- 'Molding hearts, leading minds, touching lives': practice as the new discourse?
- Conclusion: language as a local practice.