Language as a local practice
By: Alastair Pennycook.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780415547505; 9780415547512
Subjects: Sociolinguistics; Language and languages -- Variation
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Acknowledgements; title: 1. Introduction: language as a local practice; title: 2. 'Press 1 for English': practice as the 'generic social thing'; title: 3. The reverend on ice again: similarity, difference and relocalization; title: 4. Talking in the city: the linguistic landscaping of locality; title: 5. Kerala tuskers: language as already local; title: 6. Alibangbang and ecologies of local language practices; title: 7. 'Molding hearts, leading minds, touching lives': practice as the new discourse?; title: 8. Conclusion: language as a local practice; title: References.