Linguistic Landscape: A New Approach to Multilingualism

✍ Scribed by Durk Gorter

Publisher: Multilingual Matters
Year: 2006
Tongue: English
Leaves: 96
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

The book contains a collection of studies of the linguistic landscape - the use of written language on signs in the public sphere - in 5 different societies: Israel, Japan, Thailand, the Netherlands (Friesland) and Spain (Basque Country). All contributions focus on multilingualism in the social context of the major cities.

✦ Table of Contents

Contents......Page 6
Introduction: The Study of the Linguistic Landscape as a New Approach to Multilingualism......Page 8
Linguistic Landscape as Symbolic Construction of the Public Space: The Case of Israel......Page 14
Bangkok’s Linguistic Landscapes: Environmental Print, Codemixing and Language Change......Page 38
Multilingualism in Tokyo: A Look into the Linguistic Landscape......Page 59
Linguistic Landscape and Minority Languages......Page 74
Further Possibilities for Linguistic Landscape Research......Page 88

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