Language as a local practice /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pennycook, Alastair, 1957-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Milton Park, Abingdon ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Sociolinguistics. Language and languages > Variation. Lokalisation. Soziolinguistik. Englisch.

Table of 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.