Linguistic landscapes : a sociolinguistic approach /
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| Author / Creator: | Kallen, Jeffrey L., author. |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023. ©2023 |
| Description: | 1 online resource ( xxvi, 350 pages) : illustrations |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13347120 |
| Summary: | Visible language is widespread and familiar in everyday life. We find it in shop signs, advertising billboards, street and place name signs, commercial logos and slogans, and visual arts. 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 9781107177543 9781316628430 9781316830055 1316830055 |
