NOTIONAL IMAGES OF "REGION" CONCEPT IN ACADEMIC DISCOURSE Cover Image

ПОНЯТИЙНЫЕ ОБРАЗЫ КОНЦЕПТА «РЕГИОН» В АКАДЕМИЧЕСКОМ ДИСКУРСЕ
NOTIONAL IMAGES OF "REGION" CONCEPT IN ACADEMIC DISCOURSE

Author(s): Elena Valentinova Golovneva
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Geography, Regional studies, Regional Geography, Higher Education , Rural and urban sociology, Environmental interactions, Sociology of Education
Published by: Издатель Наталья Докучаева
Keywords: region; regionalism; discourse; space;

Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with systematization of the main approaches to definition of the concept “region”. On the base of the analysis of academic discourse the author differenciates the conceptual images of a region, problematizes the role of a region in the set of spatial relations and designates the theoretical background for the relevant definition of a region today.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 42-50
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Russian