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Language of a Big City: Key issues of urban communication studies

Leontovich O.A.

Volgograd State Socio-Pedagogical University, Russia, Volgograd, olgaleo@list.ru

Abstract

The paper gives an overview of the roots and constituent features of urban communication studies as a research field which offers a new holistic approach towards the analysis of discourse in a big city. It touches upon such topics as communication space and «spaciousness» of communication, plurality of semiotic signs forming a city’s image, the role of communication in constructing urban communities, the relationship between public discourse and private life, the reflection of historic memories in the urban landscape, urban discourse as a product and source of globalization, and new communication practices.

Keywords

urban communication studies; urban discourse; semiotic signs; historic memories; narrative; urban landscape; globalization.

For citing: Leontovich O.A. (2020). Language of a big city: key issues of urban communication studies. (2020). Ethnopsycholinguistics. Moscow: INION RAN. Vol.3, pp. 19-34. DOI: DOI: 10.31249/epl/2020.03.02

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