UID:
almahu_9949865485302882
Umfang:
1 online resource :
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text file, PDF
Ausgabe:
First edition.
ISBN:
9781315886251
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1315886251
Inhalt:
"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. Based on a wide range of data collected since the 1990s and grounded in quantitative and discourse analyses of sociolinguistic variation, Qing Zhang tracks the emergence of what she terms 6 osmopolitan Mandarin" as a new stylistic resource for a rising urban elite and a new middle-class consumption-based lifestyle. The book powerfully illuminates that Cosmopolitan Mandarin participates in dismantling the pre-reform, socialist, conformist society by bringing about new social distinctions. Rich in cultural and linguistic details, the book is the first of its kind to highlight the implications of language change on the social order and cultural life of contemporary China. Language and Social Change in China is ideal for students and scholars interested in sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology, and Chinese language and society."--Provided by publisher
Anmerkung:
Chapter Introduction --
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Emerging Social Distinctions and the Semiotic Inadequacy of the "Common Speech" /
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chapter 1 Sociolinguistic Change, Style, and Ideology /
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chapter 2 Beijing Yuppies --
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The New Business Elite /
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chapter 3 Cosmopolitan Mandarin in the Making of Beijing Yuppies /
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chapter 4 Cosmopolitan Mandarin in the Making of a New Chinese Middle-Class Consumer /
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chapter 5 Warring Standards --
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Contesting the Enregisterment of Cosmopolitan Mandarin /
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chapter 6 A Style-Based Approach to Sociolinguistic Change /
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781315886251
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781134610495
Sprache:
Englisch
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315886251
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