Discover language in unexpected places with this critical exploration of mobility and culture. Alastair Pennycook offers engaging personal accounts and narrative insights into how language, identity, and locality interact in novel contexts. This book challenges our perceptions of expectation, revealing the dynamic ways people and languages emerge in diverse social and spatial settings. It’s an essential resource for students and researchers in linguistics, sociolinguistics, and cultural studies across India, offering a fresh perspective on communication and place.