Learning the Arts of Linguistic Survival: Languaging, Tourism, Life

by Alison Phipps

Book Overview

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 based on the acquisition of basic, functional skills to one which sustains and even strengthens intercultural dialogue. The twelve chapters comprising this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 184541053X
• ISBN13: 9781845410537
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Channel View Publications
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.1"