Language

From Geography

Language represents an abstract ability of a community of speakers (Lippuner & Werlen, 2009). So it is a medium through which people communicate with each other. Regarding Werlen (2009, p. 6), language is used as central medium for action and meaning transfer. Geography is concerned with the study of language as the medium through which intersubjective meaning is communicated, and in the power relations intrinsic to such meaning (Gregory et al., 2009). Language makes it possible for people to have interactions, by acting, understanding and reacting. One person acts, by starting a conversation. For an other person to react on this, he needs to understand the meaning of what was said. So understanding is a very important aspect of language.

References

• Gregory, D., Johnston, R., Pratt, G., Watts, M.J., Whatmore, S. (2009). The Dictionary of Human Geography. Wiley-Blackwell.
• Lippuner, R., Werlen, B. (2009). Structuration Theory. Elsevir Ltd.
• Werlen R. (2009), Everyday regionalisation. In: International Encyclopedia for Human Geography. Elsevier

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