The future conditional : building an english-speaking society in northeast china / Eric S. Henry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Henry, Eric S., author.

Series:

Cornell scholarship online.

Cornell scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Study and teaching--Chinese speakers.

English language.

English language--Study and teaching--China--Social aspects.

English language--Social aspects--China.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 205 pages) : illustrations ;

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, [2021]

Summary:

In 'The Future Conditional', 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 capital and largest city of China's northeast Liaoning Province. Adopting an ethnographic and linguistic perspective, Henry considers the personal connotations that English has for Chinese people beyond its role in the education system.

Contents:

The English modern

Dirty talk: hybrid registers of Chinese and English

The moral economy of walls: recursive enclosure and linguistic space

Better to die abroad than to live in China: narratives of life and learning

Commodifying language: the business of English in Shenyang

On "Chinglish": stigmatization, laughter and nostalgia

The white foreign body of the native English speaker.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 18, 2021).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781501754913

1501754912

9781501754906

1501754904

OCLC:

1184121861