Geolingual Studies on Urban Space

Carolin Biewer is Professor and Chair of English Linguistics in the Department of English and American Studies at the University of Würzburg, Germany. Lisa Lehnen is a research fellow in the Department of English and American Studies at the University of Würzburg, Germany. Ninja Schulz is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of English and American Studies at the University of Würzburg, Germany. Hannes Taubenböck is Head of the Department of Georisks and Civil Security at the German Remote Sensing Data Center (DFD) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR). He also holds the Chair of Global Urbanization and Remote Sensing at the University of Würzburg, Germany.

• List of FiguresList of TablesNotes on Contributors1. Geolingual Studies as a New Research Approach in World Englishes – an IntroductionCarolin Biewer, Hannes Taubenböck, Lisa Lehnen and Ninja SchulzPart I – Sociolinguistic approaches to English in multilingual urban areas2. Identity Conceptions, Linguistic Repertoires, and Language Attitudes and Use in Multilingual Singapore: Developments and Recent ChangesJakob R. E. Leimgruber, Sarah Buschfeld and Peter Siemund3. Ghanaian Language Attitudes towards Ghanaian Pidgin English and Ghanaian EnglishLauryn Bediako Akuffo4. English in Tokyo’s Public Space: Explorations from Ameyoko and Ueno Keisei StationPatrick HeinrichPart II – Place identity and cultural conceptualisations of (urban) spaces5. Place Identities in Districts of Davao City and Hong Kong: Evaluating Places in DiscourseSabine Heps, Lisa Lehnen and Carolin Biewer6. Leisure Activities in Discourse: District Identity Formation in Mexico City through DiscourseDiana Lynn Diaz7. Imagined communities on Social Media: Exploring Linguistic Othering during BrexitZuzanna Elliot and Richard Lemoine-Rodríguez8. Regionalising the Pandemic – The Use of Spatial Metaphors and Toponyms Setting the Scene in the Early Days of COVID-19Dominik Kremer, Tilo Felgenhauer and Andreas WagnerPart III – Spatio-linguistic approaches to urban social media discourse9. Using Geolocated Social Media Data to Verify the Socio-spatial Dimension of Cities – A Case Study on Tweets from New YorkRichard Lemoine-Rodríguez, Carolin Biewer, Johannes Mast and Hannes Taubenböck10. Exploring Twitter Discourse across Different Districts of Edinburgh during the COVID-19 PandemicNinja Schulz and Richard Lemoine-Rodríguez11. Using Geolocated Social Media Data for Understanding the Relationships between Language, Topic and Mobility: A Case Study on a Local Use of English in NigeriaJohannes Mast, Dominik Heps and Marta Sapena Moll12. Spatio-temporal and Linguistic Assessments of Urban Space: Applications, Implications and OutlookCarolin Biewer, Lisa Lehnen, Richard Lemoine-Rodríguez, Ninja Schulz and Hannes Taubenböck,