Download or read book English as a Local Language written by Christina Higgins and published by Multilingual Matters Limited. This book was released on 2009 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how multilingualism involving English is ordered in post-colonial, globalizing societies. By placing multilingual practices at the theoretical center, the author investigates a range of sociolinguistic domains to demonstrate how individuals use English as a local resource to produce an array of local and global identifications.