Language as a Local Practice

ISBN-13: 9780415547505 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 176 str.

Alastair Pennycook

Opis

This work 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.

Recenzje

'... the book is intrinsically interesting, stimulating and, without doubt, very much worth reading.' - World Englishes

Spis treści

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  

　　

O autorze

Alastair Pennycook