Language as a local practice

by Pennycook, Alastair

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Title Statements

Full title :Language as a local practice / Alastair Pennycook.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2010.
Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Routledge
Place of Publication:New York, N.Y
Language:eng
Publication Date:2010.

The Physical Object

Description:vii, 167 Seiten

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780415547505, 9780415547512, 0415547504, 0415547512, 9780203846223, 0203846222
oclc:ocn730306877
LC Classification:P40
Dewey Decimal:306.44

Acknowledgements -- 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 -- References.