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Pennycook, Alastair, 1957-
Language as a local practice / Alastair Pennycook. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2010. - vii, 167 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-163) and index.
1. Introduction: language as a local practice -- 2. 'Press 1 for English': practice as the 'generic social thing' -- 3. The reverend on ice again: similarity, difference and relocalization -- 4. Talking in the city: the linguistic landscaping of locality -- 5. Kerala tuskers: language as already local -- 6. Alibangbang and ecologies of local language practices -- 7. 'Molding hearts-- leading minds-- touching lives': practice as the new discourse? -- 8. Conclusion: language as a local practice.
9780415547505 (hbk : alk. paper) 0415547504 (hbk : alk. paper) 9780415547512 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0415547512 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Sociolinguistics.
Language and languages--Variation.
P40 / .P4115 2010
306.44 / P411
Language as a local practice / Alastair Pennycook. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2010. - vii, 167 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-163) and index.
1. Introduction: language as a local practice -- 2. 'Press 1 for English': practice as the 'generic social thing' -- 3. The reverend on ice again: similarity, difference and relocalization -- 4. Talking in the city: the linguistic landscaping of locality -- 5. Kerala tuskers: language as already local -- 6. Alibangbang and ecologies of local language practices -- 7. 'Molding hearts-- leading minds-- touching lives': practice as the new discourse? -- 8. Conclusion: language as a local practice.
9780415547505 (hbk : alk. paper) 0415547504 (hbk : alk. paper) 9780415547512 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0415547512 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Sociolinguistics.
Language and languages--Variation.
P40 / .P4115 2010
306.44 / P411