- Paperback - Number of Pages: 216 pages
- Dimensions: 154 x 232 x 20mm - 359.99g
- Publication date: 06 Jul 2015
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint: ROUTLEDGE
- Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
"The authors end their exploratory journey into the variegated world of urban space with a discussion of some policy and pedagogical implications of their findings and a reflection on how the themes addressed in their book emerged from the research process and the writing and re-writing, the shaping and re-shaping of a text that, in my view, makes for fascinating reading." - Translation and Translanguaging in Multilingual Contexts 1:2 (2015) "Alastair Pennycook and Emi Otsuji have produced a compelling and sophisticated account of everyday metrolingualism in action. This immensely readable book is crammed with examples which demonstrate how people communicate in increasingly diverse urban settings. Metrolingualism must be read by anyone who is interested in how we communicate in our changing towns and cities." Adrian Blackledge, University of Birmingham, UK "The notion of Metrolingualism vividly captures the dynamic communicative practices in late m...