Discourse and socio-political transformations in contemporary China

Chilton, Paul A. (Paul Anthony) (Added Author). Tian, Hailong. (Added Author). Wodak, Ruth, 1950- (Added Author).

Summary: China's opening up to the West, its extraordinary economic rise, and the subsequent internal and global issues, are an object of huge interest and concern. Discourse and Socio-political Transformations in Contemporary China focuses on one aspect of the contemporary Chinese phenomenon, one that is so obvious that it is generally ignored in the mainstream academic departments - that politics, society and transformation are the product of myriad collective linguistic interchanges, some stabilized, some competing, some agonistic, some new and emerging.As an outcome of dialogue between Chinese and

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ISBN: 9789027273789 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9027273782 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9789027202611
ISBN: 9027202613
Physical Description: electronic resource
remote
1 online resource (ix, 150 p.) : ill.
Publisher: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2012.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language Note:	In English, includes some Chinese with English translations.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.