Linguistic landscapes : a sociolinguistic approach / Jeffrey L. Kallen, Trinity College Dublin.
"Visible language is pervasive in everyday life - in signs, advertising billboards, street and place names, commercial logos and slogans, and language art. The field of linguistic landscapes draws on insights from sociolinguistics, language policy and semiotics to show how these public forms of...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press,
2023.
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| Summary: | "Visible language is pervasive in everyday life - in signs, advertising billboards, street and place names, commercial logos and slogans, and language art. The field of linguistic landscapes draws on insights from sociolinguistics, language policy and semiotics to show how these public forms of language relate to multiple issues in language policy, language rights, language and education, language and culture, and globalization. Stretching from the earliest stone inscriptions, to posters and street signs, and to today's electronic media, linguistic landscapes sit at the crossroads of language, society, geography, and visual communication. Written by one of the pioneers of the field, this is the first book-length synthesis of this exciting, rapidly-developing field. Using photographic evidence from across three continents, it demonstrates the methodology and approaches used, and summarises its findings and developments so far. It also seeks to answer common questions from its critics, and to suggest new directions for further study"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxvi, 350 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781316822807 131682280X |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 14, 2023). |