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urban semiotics  

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  • Urban space lends itself well to semiotic analysis. When we speak, for example, of a city's tone, its tenor and ambience, its discernible character, its distinguishing qualities, its skyline, its iconic buildings, or its history, we are making appeals to its semantic power. [Source: Encyclopedia of Urban Studies; Urban Semiotics]

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