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Aspiring to be Global: Language and Social Change in a Tourism Village in China - Encounters
Shuang Gao
Aspiring to be Global: Language and Social Change in a Tourism Village in China - Encounters
Shuang Gao
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.
168 pages
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | May 16, 2022 |
ISBN13 | 9781788920995 |
Publishers | Multilingual Matters |
Pages | 168 |
Dimensions | 209 × 147 × 13 mm · 226 g |
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