Introduction: language as a local practice -- 'Press 1 for English': practice as the 'generic social thing' -- The reverend on ice again: similarity, difference and relocalization -- Talking in the city: the linguistic landscaping of locality -- Kerala tuskers: language as already local -- Alibangbang and ecologies of local language practices -- 'Molding hearts, leading minds, touching lives': practice as the new discourse? -- Conclusion: language as a local practice
Summary
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
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-163) and index
