TY - BOOK AU - Pennycook,Alastair TI - Language as a local practice SN - 9780415547512 (pbk.) : AV - P40 .P4115 2010 PY - 2010/// CY - Milton Park, Abingdon, New York PB - Routledge KW - Sociolinguistics KW - Language and languages KW - Variation N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-163) and index; 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 ER -