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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.

Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- Sociolinguistics --- English language --- Chinese languages --- Yangshuo [County] --- Languages in contact --- Chinese language --- Germanic languages --- Sino-Tibetan languages --- Language and languages --- Language and society --- Society and language --- Sociology of language --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- Areal linguistics --- Globalization --- Influence on Chinese --- Social aspects --- Sociological aspects --- E-books --- Globalization. --- Influence on Chinese. --- China. --- English as a Global Language. --- English. --- Sociolinguistics of globalization. --- Sociolinguistics. --- globalisation. --- social class. --- tourism. --- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Hospitality, Travel & Tourism. --- S02/0300 --- S15/0210 --- China: General works--Chinese culture and the World and vice-versa --- China: Language--Special linguistic subjects