Language as a local practice
Pennycook, Alastair, 1957-
Language as a local practice [electronic resource] / Alastair Pennycook. - 1st ed. - Milton Park, Abingdon ; New York : Routledge, 2010. - vii, 167 p.
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.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9780203846223 (e-book : PDF)
Sociolinguistics.
Language and languages--Variation.
Electronic books.
Language as a local practice [electronic resource] / Alastair Pennycook. - 1st ed. - Milton Park, Abingdon ; New York : Routledge, 2010. - vii, 167 p.
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.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
9780203846223 (e-book : PDF)
Sociolinguistics.
Language and languages--Variation.
Electronic books.