Learning the Arts of Linguistic Survival : : Languaging, Tourism, Life / / Alison Phipps.
In this ground-breaking contribution to the study of tourism and languages, Alison Phipps examines what happens when tourists learn to speak other languages. From ordering a coffee to following directions she argues for a new perception of the relationship between tourism and languages from one base...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CVP eBook-Package Backfile 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Bristol, UK;, Blue Ridge Summit, PA : : Channel View Publications, , [2006] ©2006 |
| Year of Publication: | 2006 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Tourism and Cultural Change ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (216 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1. Languages, Tourism and Life
- 2. Educating Tourists
- 3. Risks
- 4. Way Finding
- 5. Pronunciation
- 6. Conversations
- 7. Games
- 8. Rehearsing Speech
- 9. Breaking English
- 10. Tourist Language Learners
- 11. Surviving
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- Index