Publications

Publication details [#56579]

Papen, Uta. 2012. Commercial discourses, gentrification and citizens’ protest: The linguistic landscape of Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin. Journal of Sociolinguistics 16 (1) : 56–80.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

commercial language | geolinguistics | graffiti | language use | social change

Place, Publisher

Wiley-Blackwell

Journal WWW

www.ingenta.com/journals/browse/bpl/josl

Annotation

This case study of the changing linguistic and graphic Prenzlauer Berg area in former East Berlin, demonstrates that, notwithstanding the powerful impact of commercial discourses, the public space stays a domain of conflict between the state, private businesses and civil society.