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082 _a306.44
_bPEN/L
100 _aPennycook, Alastair.
245 0 _aLanguage as a local practice/
_cAlastair Pennycook.
260 _aNew York:
_bRoutledge,
_c2010.
300 _avii, 167 p. ;
_c24 cm.
505 _aAcknowledgements 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 References.
650 _aSociolinguistics
650 _aLanguage and languages--Variation
942 _cWB16