目次

Introduction: Emerging Social Distinctions and the Semiotic Inadequacy of the "Common Speech" Chapter 1. Sociolinguistic Change, Style, and Ideology Chapter 2. Beijing Yuppies: The New Business Elite Chapter 3. Cosmopolitan Mandarin in the Making of Beijing Yuppies Chapter 4. Cosmopolitan Mandarin in the Making of a New Chinese Middle-Class Consumer Chapter 5. Warring Standards: Contesting the Enregisterment of Cosmopolitan Mandarin Chapter 6. A Style-Based Approach to Sociolinguistic Change