ABSTRACT

A substantial amount of research in cultural geography has been dedicated to the mundane or everyday living with diversity, yet little has been done in relation to linguistic diversity and the ways in which individuals experience the city through this particular form of diversity. This paper addresses how geographers can build on and assist in contemporary sociolinguistic scholarship to understand how individuals experience urban social diversity while taking account of the sound of spoken language in public space. Specifically, the paper highlights the significance of what I have named linguistic sound walks as a method to capture both the immediate sensory experience of the city’s linguistic soundscape while opening up ways to discuss and reflect on how linguistic diversity affects the experience of spatial and social diversity. Drawing on fieldwork in the inner-city of Amsterdam, the study illustrates how these linguistic sound walks represent a potential resource to reflect on the relationship between the sound of spoken languages and the experience of spatial and social diversity in the city, bridging the gap between the fields of geography and sociolinguistics.

摘要

大量的文化地理学研究致力于多样性的平凡或日常生活，但在语言多样性以及个人通过这种特殊形式的多样性体验城市的方式方面却鲜有研究。本文探讨了地理学家如何在当代社会语言学研究的基础上建立和协助，以了解个人如何体验城市社会多样性，同时考虑公共空间中口语的声音。具体来说，这篇论文强调了我所说的语言声音游走的重要性作为一种捕捉城市语言音景的直接感官体验的方法，同时开辟了讨论和反思语言多样性如何影响空间和社会多样性体验的方法。该研究利用阿姆斯特丹市中心的实地调查，说明这些语言声音漫步如何代表一种潜在资源，以反映口语声音与城市空间和社会多样性体验之间的关系，弥合两者之间的差距地理和社会语言学领域。