ISBN:
9781441145727
,
1441145729
,
1847061826
,
9781847061829
Language:
English
Pages:
Online Ressource (298 pages)
,
illustrations (some color).
Series Statement:
Advances in sociolinguistics
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Semiotic landscapes
DDC:
302.2
Keywords:
Landscapes Symbolic aspects
;
Semiotics
;
Sociolinguistics
;
Landscapes Symbolic aspects
;
Social Science
;
Semiotics
;
Sociolinguistics
;
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Communication Studies
;
Landscapes ; Symbolic aspects
;
Electronic book
;
Electronic books Electronic books
;
Konferenzschrift
Abstract:
Semiotic Landscapes is an exciting addition to the study of linguistic landscapes. It looks at how landscape generates meaning and combines three major areas of scholarly interest each concerned with central dimensions of contemporary life: language and visual discourse, spatial practices, and also the changes bought about by global capitalism and ever increasing mediatization. The editors look at: the textual/discursive construction of place; the use of space as a semiotic resource; the extent to which these processes are shaped by wider economic and political re-orderings of post-industrial
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
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