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Language as a local practice
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Title
Language as a local practice [electronic resource] / Alastair Pennycook.
ISBN
9780415547505 (hbk : alk. paper)
0415547504 (hbk : alk. paper)
9780415547512 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0415547512 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780203846223 (ebk.)
0203846222 (ebk.)
Edition
1st ed.
Published
Milton Park, Abingdon ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
Physical Description
vii, 167 p.
Local Notes
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Notes
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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ProQuest ebook central.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 28, 2019
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-163) and index.
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.
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