Richard W Hallett, Judith Kaplan-Weinger

Gebundenes Buch

Official Tourism Websites

A Discourse Analysis Perspective

Beschreibung

This text explores tourism websites as mediums of identity construction and promotion. As interactive modes of communication, tourism websites for nations, cities, and attractions function critically in the new capitalism as calls for social action in contributing to economic and social rebirth, growth, and preservation.

Autor

Richard W. Hallett is a Professor of linguistics at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, IL. He received his PhD in linguistics from the University of South Carolina. In addition to the discourse of tourism, his research interests include second language acquisition, sociolinguistics, and World Englishes.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Multilingual Matters Limited
• Seitenzahl: 152
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. März 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 147mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 295g
• ISBN-13: 9781845411374
• ISBN-10: 1845411374
• Artikelnr.: 30504125