Language, Space and Cultural Play
Theorising Affect in the Semiotic Landscape
Published on 30. October 2019
220 pages
978-1-108-56902-6 (ISBN)
Description
This multimodal approach to linguistic landscapes examines the role of linguistic and semiotic regimes in constructing landscape affect. Affect, as distinct from emotion, is object-oriented, and can be analysed in terms of structures of language and signs which operate on individuals and groups in specific spatial settings. Analysing a series of landscape types - including 'kawaii', 'reverenced', 'romance', 'friendly', 'luxury' and 'digital' landscapes - Lionel Wee and Robbie B. H. Goh explore how language plays a crucial role in shaping affective responses to, and interactions with, space. This linguistic and semiotic construction of different spaces also involves cultural contestations and modulations in spatial responses, and the book offers an account of the different conditions under which 'affective economies' gain or lose momentum.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises
File size
4,72 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-108-56902-6 (9781108569026)
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Lionel Wee | Robbie B. H. Goh
Language, Space and Cultural Play
Theorising Affect in the Semiotic Landscape
Book
05/2022
Cambridge University Press
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Lionel Wee | Robbie B. H. Goh
Language, Space and Cultural Play
Theorising Affect in the Semiotic Landscape
Book
10/2019
Cambridge University Press
€120.50
Shipment within 15-20 days
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Content
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.
