Sprachen der Wachsamkeit.
This volume examines the linguistic dimension of vigilance in different contexts. The focus is on the social potentials, normative and regulative effects of languages as well as their use for marking dangers and orienting attention. This shows that language can be both an object and an instrument of...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | German English |
| Language Notes: | English. German. |
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Berlin/Boston
De Gruyter
2023.
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| Series: | Vigilanzkulturen (Walter de Gruyter & Co.) ;
Bd. 5. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This volume examines the linguistic dimension of vigilance in different contexts. The focus is on the social potentials, normative and regulative effects of languages as well as their use for marking dangers and orienting attention. This shows that language can be both an object and an instrument of vigilance and can itself become a medium of reflection of vigilance. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (257 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9783111019260 3111019268 9783111026480 3111026485 9783111026992 311102699X |