English Discourse of Tourism: An Example of Oman

Victoria TUZLUKOVA; Rahma AL-MAHROOQI

doi:10.21049/ccs.2011.24..315

Cross-Cultural Studies

2011, 24(), pp.315-337
DOI : 10.21049/ccs.2011.24..315
Publisher : Center for Cross Culture Studies
Research Area : Literature

Victoria TUZLUKOVA ¹, Rahma AL-MAHROOQI ²

¹Sultan Qaboos University
²Sultan Qaboos University

ABSTRACT

Acknowledging the importance of English as the language of tourism discourse, this paper explores its current standing in the landscape of tourism in Oman. It also investigates its features and functions aimed at promoting the country as a wonderful tourist destination to people around the globe and framing tourism as a customer-oriented industry that meets tourists’ interests and needs. To convey these messages the authors examine English tourism discourse in Oman from linguistic, pragmatic and socio-cultural perspectives.
KEYWORDS

English discourse of tourism, Oman, socio-cultural perspectives, linguistic and pragmatic features
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