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“It’s nice when they speak back to you in Chinese!” Insights into linguistic accommodation in language travel
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Linguistic accommodation is a topic as quotidian in tourism practice, as neglected in tourism literature. This
research note brings some insights into the topic of linguistic accommodation in language travel. Language
travellers tend to have atypical patterns of linguistic accommodation, since they struggle to accommodate
linguistically to locals, instead of expecting locals to accommodate to them. The purpose of this research note is to
contribute to the understanding of the frustrations in the process of linguistic accommodation among a group of
language travellers. Using the lens of serious leisure, it addresses the question of what “conquering adversity” in
linguistic accommodation means for these travellers. Although the struggle to accommodate may entail
frustrations, it also leads to a sense of achievement. This study contributes to a better understanding of the link
between linguistic accommodation, intercultural encounters, and tourism behaviour in the specific context of
language travel.
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Language travel; linguistic accommodation; serious leisure; persistence; intercultural encounters
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Carvalho, I. (2021). “It’s nice when they speak back to you in Chinese!” Insights into linguistic accommodation in language travel. European Journal of Tourism Research, 28, 2813. https://doi.org/10.54055/ejtr.v28i.1976