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