Aspiring to be Global - Language and Social Change in a Tourism Village in China

This book makes a novel contribution to the sociolinguistics of globalization by examining language and social change in the tourism destination of West Street, Yangshuo, China. It explores the contingencies and tensions in the creation of a 'global village' and reveals ambivalent struggles inherent in this ongoing process of social change.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Shuang Gao is a Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the University of Liverpool, UK. She is the author of Aspiring to be Global: Language and Social Change in a Tourism Village in China (Multilingual Matters, 2019).

Zusammenfassung

This book makes a novel contribution to the sociolinguistics of globalization by examining language and social change in the tourism destination of West Street, Yangshuo, China. It explores the contingencies and tensions in the creation of a ‘global village’ and reveals ambivalent struggles inherent in this ongoing process of social change.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Shuang Gao
• Verlag: Ingram Publishers Services
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9781788920995
• ISBN: 978-1-78892-099-5
• Abmessung: 148 mm x 210 mm x 9 mm
• Gewicht: 210 g
• Serie: Encounters
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Sonstige Sprachen / Sonstige Literaturen; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Wirtschaft > Sonstiges; China, Globalization, English, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, Sociolinguistics, Tourism industry, Hospitality, sports, leisure and tourism industries