ISBN:
9789004385139
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (XVI, 222 Seiten)
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Illustrationen
Series Statement:
International comparative social studies Volume 39
Series Statement:
Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004390904
Series Statement:
International comparative social studies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Ben Refaʾel, Eliʿezer, 1938 - Multiple globalizations
Keywords:
Public spaces Social aspects
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Linguistics Social aspects
;
Sociology, Urban
;
Multiculturalism
;
Globalization
;
Weltstadt
;
Globalisierung
;
Multikulturelle Gesellschaft
;
Mehrsprachigkeit
Abstract:
Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Figures, Illustrations and Tables -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Investigating Multiple Globalizations -- Methodologies and Research Objectives -- Berlin -- Paris -- Brussels -- London -- Tel Aviv-Jaffa -- Downtowns Around the World -- A Languistic Landscape Paradigm for Multiple Globalizations -- Emblems of Singularities -- General Conclusions -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Index.
Abstract:
This work studies aspects of the symbolic construction of public spaces by means of linguistic resources (i.e. linguistic landscapes or LLs) in a number of world-cities. The sociology of language leads us to this field and to study the intermingling impacts of globalization, the national principle and multiculturalism – each one conveying its own distinct linguistic markers: international codes, national languages and ethnic vernaculars. Eliezer and Miriam Ben-Rafael study the configurations of these influences, which they conceptualize as multiple globalization, in the LLs of downtowns, residential quarters, and marginal neighborhoods of a number of world-cities. They ask how far worldwide codes of communication gain preeminence, national languages are marginalized and ethnic vernaculars impactful. They conclude by suggesting a paradigm of multiple globalizations
DOI:
10.1163/9789004385139
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