Language Policy and Planning for the Modern Olympic Games

This book is the first longitudinal study that addresses language policy and planning in the context of a major international sporting event and examines the ideological, political, social, cultural, and economic effects of such context-specific policy initiatives on contemporary China. The book has important reference value for future research on language management at the supernational level and language services for linguistically complex events. At the same time, it presents some broader implications for current and future language policy makers, language educators and learners, particularly from non-English speaking backgrounds.
Foreword by Ingrid Piller

About the author

Jie Zhang, Zhongnan University of Economics & Law, Wuhan, China.

Product details

• Authors: Jie Zhang
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2022
• EAN: 9781501521072
• ISBN: 978-1-5015-2107-2
• No. of pages: 263
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 17 mm x 230 mm
• Weight: 426 g
• Illustrations: 40 b/w ill., 20 b/w tbl.
• Series: Trends in Applied Linguistics; Trends in Applied Linguistics [TAL]; ISSN; Trends in Applied Linguistics [TAL], 21
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics