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Wie aus Worten Orte werden – Gehalt und Grenzen sprechakttheoretischer Sozialgeographie

In the context of contemporary "non-representational" approaches in human geography, this paper explores the potential and limitations of language-pragmatics for research into the everyday location of culture. Using a very popular German pop song about Greek migrant workers as well as the...

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Published in:Geographische Zeitschrift 2007-01, Vol.95 (1/2), p.5-23
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