Language, Tourism and Globalisation: The Sociolinguistics of Fleeting Relationships

by T.M. Jaworski, Sarah Lawson, Crispin Thurlow, et al.

A new field in language and communication studies - 'the sociolinguistics of tourism' is concerned with how language constitutes and frames identity, power and social difference in the context of tourism and mobility, as central hallmarks of globalization. Bringing together sociolinguistics/discourse analysis, critical tourism studies and contemporary social-economic theory, the authors demonstrate how tourism is one of the major forces shaping the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415382556
• ISBN13: 9780415382557
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages