Alastair Pennycook

Language as a Local Practice

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Produktbeschreibung

Language as a Local Practice addresses the questions of language, locality and practice as a way of moving forward in our understanding of how language operates as an integrated social and spatial activity.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Februar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 275g
• ISBN-13: 9780415547512
• ISBN-10: 0415547512
• Artikelnr.: 27999891

Autorenporträt

Alastair Pennycook

Inhaltsangabe

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