Studying the sociolinguistics of cities. Considerations and methods
Abstract
This article lays out ways to study communication patterns in cities.
It starts by explaining the aspects of urban communication that make
the city a relevant object of study. It does so by pointing out the role that urban investigations can play in theorisation on human communication in diverse settings, and it explains how the data of such research can be used towards the solution of practical communication problems. It explains how phenomena such as liminality, language regimes, rituals, and political correctness have been understudied and could enlighten our perspective on how communicative tools are used in urban communication. Finally, examples of insightful urban research are presented.
city, urban communication, public space, stakeholders, conflict, solutions, research methodology, anthropology, ethnography, sociology
