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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.


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