ABSTRACT This essay explores mainstream communication research related to globalization and the use of discursive resources. We provide a state-of-the-discipline review of contemporary empirical studies that tie globalization and linguistic communication to their social significance and to the contextually rooted practices of individuals. We organize the literature into four areas according to their treatment of the global circulation of signs: relationship between the local and global, human agency, identity formation, and media of circulation. Based on this review, we highlight the limitations of the circulation metaphor, describe the translocal movements of discursive resources as a potentially cyclical process, and show how the use of discursive resources can take on a political dimension. We conclude with four suggestions for future research.

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话语资源的全球流通与全球化的鲜活体验

摘要 本文探讨了与全球化和话语资源使用相关的主流传播研究。我们提供了对当代实证研究的最新学科评论，这些研究将全球化和语言传播与其社会意义和个人的语境根深蒂固的实践联系起来。我们根据对符号全球流通的处理将文献分为四个领域：地方与全球之间的关系、人类能动性、身份形成和流通媒介。基于这篇评论，我们强调了流通隐喻的局限性，将话语资源的跨地域运动描述为一个潜在的循环过程，并展示了话语资源的使用如何具有政治维度。我们总结了对未来研究的四点建议。