Abstract

AbstractThe sociolinguistics of globalization has emerged as an important research paradigm in response to the challenges of global social change. As a country undergoing some of the most drastic changes during the past few decades, China provides a rich site for exploring the issue of language and globalization empirically and theoretically. This article seeks to map out the new socio‐cultural values being produced or re‐conceptualized in the process of China's transformation, with a view to understand the materiality of language use under the current conditions of global economy and geopolitics. It reviews recent research mainly from four perspectives: identity, social stratification and consumerism; English and neoliberal globalization; diversity, ethnicity and race; state and nationalism, and concludes with suggestions for future research.

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