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1. Language as a Local Practice

   By Alastair Pennycook

   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. By taking each of these three elements – language, locality and practice – and exploring...

   Published February 23rd 2010 by Routledge
2. Global Linguistic Flows

   Hip Hop Cultures, Youth Identities, and the Politics of Language

   Edited by H. Samy Alim, Awad Ibrahim, Alastair Pennycook

   Located at the intersection of sociolinguistics and Hip Hop Studies, this cutting-edge book moves around the world – spanning Africa, Asia, Australia, the Americas and the European Union – to explore Hip Hop cultures, youth identities, the politics of language, and the simultaneous processes of...

   Published September 3rd 2008 by Routledge
3. Global Englishes and Transcultural Flows

   By Alastair Pennycook

   The English language is spreading across the world, and so too is hip-hop culture: both are being altered, developed, reinterpreted, reclaimed. This timely book explores the relationship between global Englishes (the spread and use of diverse forms of English within processes of globalization) and...

   Published December 4th 2006 by Routledge
4. Critical Applied Linguistics

   A Critical Introduction

   By Alastair Pennycook

   This accessible guide and introduction to critical applied linguistics provides a clear overview, highlighting problems, debates, and competing views in language education, literacy, discourse analysis, language in the workplace, translation and other language-related domains. Covering both...

   Published February 11th 2001 by Routledge
5. Critical Applied Linguistics

   A Critical Introduction

   By Alastair Pennycook

   This accessible guide and introduction to critical applied linguistics provides a clear overview, highlighting problems, debates, and competing views in language education, literacy, discourse analysis, language in the workplace, translation and other language-related domains. Covering both...

   Published December 31st 2000 by Routledge
6. English and the Discourses of Colonialism

   By Alastair Pennycook

   Series: The Politics of Language

   English and the Discourses of Colonialism opens with the British departure from Hong Kong marking the end of British colonialism. Yet Alastair Pennycook argues that this dramatic exit masks the crucial issue that the traces left by colonialism run deep.This challenging and provocative book looks...

   Published September 16th 1998 by Routledge