Language as a local practice / Alastair Pennycook.

Author/creator Pennycook, Alastair, 1957-
Format Electronic
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoMilton Park, Abingdon ; New York : Routledge,
Descriptionvii, 167 p. ; 24 cm.
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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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [147]-163) and index.
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LCCN 2009037317
ISBN9780415547505 (hbk : alk. paper)
ISBN0415547504 (hbk : alk. paper)
ISBN9780415547512 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0415547512 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780203846223 (ebk.)
ISBN0203846222 (ebk.)

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