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Language as a local practice / Alastair Pennycook.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Milton Park, Abingdon ; New York : Routledge, 2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: vii, 167 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780415547505 (hbk : alk. paper)
  • 0415547504 (hbk : alk. paper)
  • 9780415547512 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0415547512 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780203846223 (ebk.)
  • 0203846222 (ebk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.44 PEN 22
LOC classification:
  • P40 .P4115 2010
Contents:
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.
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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.

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