Qing Zhang

Language and Social Change in China

Undoing Commonness through Cosmopolitan Mandarin

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Produktbeschreibung

Language and Social Change in China: Undoing Commonness through Cosmopolitan Mandarin offers an innovative and authoritative account of the crucial role of language in shaping the sociocultural landscape of contemporary China. Ideal for students and scholars interested in sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, and Chinese language and society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 299g
• ISBN-13: 9780415708081
• ISBN-10: 0415708087
• Artikelnr.: 49263271

Autorenporträt

Qing Zhang is Associate Professor in the School of Anthropology at the University of Arizona, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Emerging Social Distinctions and the Semiotic Inadequacy of
the "Common Speech"
Chapter 1. Sociolinguistic Change, Style, and Ideology
Chapter 2. Beijing Yuppies: The New Business Elite
Chapter 3. Cosmopolitan Mandarin in the Making of Beijing Yuppies
Chapter 4. Cosmopolitan Mandarin in the Making of a New Chinese
Middle-Class Consumer
Chapter 5. Warring Standards: Contesting the Enregisterment of Cosmopolitan
Mandarin
Chapter 6. A Style-Based Approach to Sociolinguistic Change