Mots. Les langages du politique 2017/2 No 114
Journal article

How Do Urban Classifications Emerge? The Case of Stigmatized Districts

Pages 191 to 208

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  • TOPALOV, Christian,
2017. How Do Urban Classifications Emerge? The Case of Stigmatized Districts. Mots. Les langages du politique, 2017/2 No 114, p.191-208. DOI : 10.4000/mots.22860. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-mots-2017-2-page-191?lang=en.
  • Topalov, Christian.
« How Do Urban Classifications Emerge? The Case of Stigmatized Districts ». Mots. Les langages du politique, 2017/2 No 114, 2017. p.191-208. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-mots-2017-2-page-191?lang=en.
  • Topalov, C.
(2017). How Do Urban Classifications Emerge? The Case of Stigmatized Districts. Mots. Les langages du politique, No 114(2), 191-208. https://doi.org/10.4000/mots.22860.

https://doi.org/10.4000/mots.22860

Abstract
Authors

Cite this article

  • Topalov, C.
(2017). How Do Urban Classifications Emerge? The Case of Stigmatized Districts. Mots. Les langages du politique, No 114(2), 191-208. https://doi.org/10.4000/mots.22860.
  • Topalov, Christian.
« How Do Urban Classifications Emerge? The Case of Stigmatized Districts ». Mots. Les langages du politique, 2017/2 No 114, 2017. p.191-208. CAIRN.INFO, shs.cairn.info/journal-mots-2017-2-page-191?lang=en.
  • TOPALOV, Christian,
2017. How Do Urban Classifications Emerge? The Case of Stigmatized Districts. Mots. Les langages du politique, 2017/2 No 114, p.191-208. DOI : 10.4000/mots.22860. URL : https://shs.cairn.info/journal-mots-2017-2-page-191?lang=en.

https://doi.org/10.4000/mots.22860

French
English

The purpose of this piece is to describe some aspects of the naming process which make urban districts take shape and value. We mainly dwell on the results of a collective inquiry called “City Words”, which has documented the variations of the daily-life vocabulary in eight European languages. The article explores what may be called “lexical event”, i.e. the promotion of innovations by some actors, and the changes in semantic systems these innovations induce.

  • town
  • lexical event
  • classification
  • stigmatisation
  • place name

Publisher keywords: classification, lexical event, place name, stigmatisation, town

Uploaded: 07/23/2017

https://doi.org/10.4000/mots.22860

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