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.

About the author

Shuang Gao works in the Department of English at the University of Liverpool, UK. Her research interests include sociolinguistics, globalization, identity and language ideology.

Product details

• Authors: Shuang Gao
• Publisher: Channel View Publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2019
• EAN: 9781788922753
• ISBN: 978-1-78892-275-3
• No. of pages: 168
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 211 mm x 15 mm
• Weight: 318 g
• Series: Encounters; Encounters
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories