Pennycook, Alastair
Language as a Local Practice
- ISBN 13:
- 9780415547512
- author:
- Pennycook, Alastair
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Routledge
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2010
- Pages:
- 176
- Dimensions:
- 23.2 x 15.2 x 1.2 cm
- Genre:
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Language as a Local Practice by Alastair Pennycook explores how language operates as an integrated social and spatial activity. By examining the relationships between language, locality, and practice, this book offers new insights into the nature of language. Pennycook draws on diverse contexts of language use to illustrate his points, from everyday activities like using bank machines or writing postcards, to more nuanced examples such as Indian newspaper articles or fish-naming in the Philippines. This approach highlights how language creates its own contexts and is shaped by the social and cultural environments in which it is used. This book will be of interest to students studying Applied Linguistics, Language Education, TESOL, Literacy, and Cultural Studies, who are looking for a fresh perspective on the complex relationships between language, space, and society.
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