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Le marquage signalétique de l'espace à l'ère de la sociolinguistique urbaine
Signage Marking of Space in the Era of Urban Sociolinguistics

Author(s): Mokhtar Boughanem
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Editura Politehnium
Keywords: language; marking of space; signage; space; urban sociolinguistics;

Summary/Abstract: . This article intends to reflect on the theoretical implications and methodological applications of the signage marking process of space as it is apprehended in urban sociolinguistics. In fact, contemporary cities are characterized by the proliferation of visual signs, both linguistic and iconic, with the aim of placing the public space in a double dynamic of visibility and legibility. The display media and the scriptural forms encountered here and there contribute to the construction of a graphic environment crossed by sociolinguistic issues whose outlines it is always useful to define.

  • Issue Year: 3/2019
  • Issue No: 05+06
  • Page Range: 105-115
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: French
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