Lionel Wee (National University of Singapore), Robbie B. H. Goh (National University of Singapore)

Language, Space and Cultural Play

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Provides researchers and graduate students in sociolinguistics with a theory of landscape affect as a linguistic and semiotic phenomenon. It is also of value to cultural geographers, urban sociologists and planners, and other researchers and students interested in the analysis of space and how spatial meanings are constructed.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 217
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 334g
• ISBN-13: 9781108459136
• ISBN-10: 1108459137
• Artikelnr.: 63461061

Autorenporträt

Lionel Wee works on language policy, sociolinguistics and new Englishes. His publications include The Singlish Controversy (Cambridge, 2018), The Language of Organizational Styling (Cambridge, 2015), Markets of English (2012) and Language without Rights (2011).

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
1. Introduction
2. Theorising affect in the semiotic landscape
3. Kawaii in the semiotic landscape
4. Reverencing the landscape
5. Romancing the landscape
6. 'Friendly places'
7. The affective regime of luxury and exclusivity
8. Affecting the digital landscape
9. Conclusion.