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Publication details [#61674]

Gao, Shuang. 2016. Interactional straining and the neoliberal self: Learning English in the biggest English corner in China. Language in Society 45 (3) : 397–421.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

foreign language acquisition | language of wider communication | language use | political system | workplace conversation

Language as a subject

English

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

Strategic interaction manipulation embedded in neoliberal governmentality is labelled interactional straining. This practice was noticed amid adult learners of English in Yangshuo, which, via English-speaking outlander mobilization and commercializing English, has been luring Chinese nationals trying to better their English, the gate-keeping language in global Chinese workplaces.