Results 161 to 170 of about 173,877,639 (247)

Constructing the festival tourist attraction from the perspective of Peircean semiotics: The case of Guangzhou, China. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2023
Li J, Yu G.
europepmc   +1 more source

Understanding Online Meaning‐Making: Normativity, Polycentricity, and Memetic Communication Through a Chronotopic‐Scalar Lens

Journal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article investigates memetic interaction as an illustrative example of complex polycentric online communication. Using a chronotopic‐scalar framework, it offers a theorized account of how online (inter)action works, how it is guided by (perceptions of) normativities, and how it is in dialogue with the “offline.” Specifically, I focus on ...
Taraneh Sanei
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of technological advancement on culture and society. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Alsaleh A.
europepmc   +1 more source

“Not Lower Class, Lazy Class”: Food Loathing as Class Abjection and Distinction via Instagram Comments on Mama J. Rae's Lunchbox‐Packing Video

Journal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines 4206 Instagram comments on a lunchbox‐packing video posted by Mama J. Rae, who self‐identifies as a “lower middle class wife.” Her excessive use of processed foods and sugary beverages provokes negative responses, many of which explicitly connect her lunchbox‐packing practices to class identity.
Hanwool Choe
wiley   +1 more source

Multimodal repair in the semiotic landscape for social and political commentary. [PDF]

Multimodality Soc
Firoozkohi AH, Feddersen R, Liebscher G, Dailey-O'Cain J.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Bridging Sociolinguistics and Trans Studies Through Nonbinary Discourses of Self‐Identification

Journal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this article, I discuss how nonbinary gender in the West is constructed through discourses of self‐identification, such as refusing to ascribe gender to the body and disregarding the social forces of cisnormative perception. However, both sociolinguistic research on language and identity and transgender studies suggest that nonbinary self ...
Ariana Steele
wiley   +1 more source

Unlocking the secrets of green semiotics: The revolutionary power of eco-symbols in transforming consumer perceptions and catalyzing behavioral shifts in emerging markets. [PDF]

PLoS One
Worakittikul W, Saenwerm C, Naruetharadhol P.   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Telling Stories of and with the Body: Artistic Tattoos Overwriting Breast Cancer Scars

Journal of Sociolinguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Following recent advances in sociocultural linguistics on body semiosis, this paper analyses artistic tattoos over breast cancer scars as embodied communicative practices inscribing narratives of self. After sketching the ways in which sociolinguistics and the medical humanities conceptualise narratives of different kinds, we investigate the ...
Isabelle Buchstaller, Daniela Vasconcellos da Silva   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characteristics of silence among Chinese people in intercultural communication: a proceduralized grounded theory analysis. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Fan H, Xiang W.
europepmc   +1 more source

The coloniality of memory and cultural heritage: From copyright exceptions to a right to remember under Article 15 of the ICESCR

The Journal of World Intellectual Property, EarlyView.
Abstract Across former colonies, the question of access to cultural heritage remains contested and constrained by the enduring legacies of colonialism. While physical restitution has been the subject of much debate, comparatively little attention has been paid to the legal structures governing control of cultural memory associated with said physical ...
Jade Kouletakis
wiley   +1 more source