“后现代”城市空间语言 ——语言景观透视

“Postmodern”Urban Spatial Language —ALinguistic Landscape Perspective

中文关键词:  后现代；城市空间；语言景观；空间语言；生活方式

英文关键词:postmodern；urban space；linguistic landscape；spatial language；lifestyle

中文摘要:

      城市空间语言是以空间为语境、以语言景观为载体、以人作为交流主体的语言形态，区别于作为自然 语言的口语和书面语，是透视城市空间结构和社会发展规律的棱镜。语言景观不仅表征了空间的功能，还表 征了城市空间中共存的“现代”和“后现代”两种生活方式。“现代”语言景观通过分类范畴安排空间，“现代”人 的生活方式主要依托于空间的实体性功能服务。“后现代”语言景观通过修辞和多模态符号手段建构空间，其 中内蕴的生活方式强调主体的观念和兴趣。两种类型的语言景观并置于城市，表明“现代”和“后现代”生活方 式尚未形成明确界限。其中，选择“后现代”生活方式的社会群体总是能够在“现代”语境和“后现代”语境之间 反复穿越。

英文摘要:

      Distinguishing from spoken and written language，urban spatial language is defined as a kind of language in which space is the context，linguistic landscape the carrier，and people the main subject of communication. Urban spatial language serves as a prism to look into spatial structure of the city and the law of social development herein. Linguistic landscape not only presents the function of space，but also represents the coexistence of“modern”and“postmodern”lifestyles in the urban space. The“modern”linguistic landscape fulfills the role of arranging space in way of linguistic category，and the“modern”lifestyle de? pends mainly on the physical functional services of space. By contrast，the“postmodern”linguistic landscape configures space by means of rhetorical varieties and multimodal symbols. The postmodern lifestyle thus more attends to the subjective interest and idea. Juxtaposition of the two types of linguistic landscapes in city has actually blurred the boundary between“modern”and“post? modern”lifestyles. The social groups enjoying“postmodern”lifestyle have always been able to repeatedly traverse between“mod? ern”and“postmodern”contexts.