The Future Conditional : : Building an English-Speaking Society in Northeast China / / Eric S. Henry.
In The Future Conditional, a thorough examination of the widespread use of the English language in China, Eric S. Henry brings twelve-years of expertise and research to offer a nuanced discussion of the globalization of the English language and the widespread effects it has had on Shenyang, the capi...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Cornell University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2021] ©2021 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (222 p.) :; 8 b&w halftones, 2 maps |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Note on Transcription
- Introduction: The English Modern
- 1. Dirty Talk: Hybrid Registers of Chinese and English
- 2. The Moral Economy of Walls: Recursive Enclosure and Linguistic Space
- 3. Better to Die Abroad Than to Live in China: Narratives of Life and Learning
- 4. Commodifying Language: The Business of English in Shenyang
- 5. On “Chinglish”: Stigmatization, Laughter, and Nostalgia
- 6. Raciolinguistic Identities: The White Foreign Body of the Native English Speaker
- Conclusion: Reflections on a Global Language
- Notes
- References
- Index