Language As a Local Practice

Zusatztext "Language as a Local Practice is one of the most refreshing linguistics books to appear in a decade. Weaving together different strands of current research! Alastair Pennycook provides new framings and directions for the study of language." - David Barton! University of Lancaster ! UK Informationen zum Autor Alastair Pennycook Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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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• Authors: Alastair Pennycook, Alastair (University of Technology Pennycook
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.03.2010
• EAN: 9780415547505
• ISBN: 978-0-415-54750-5
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Literacy, Literature: history & criticism, Language teaching theory and methods, Literature: history and criticism, Applied linguistics for ELT