9. Linguistic Landscapes
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Durk Gorter
Abstract
This chapter reviews the literature within the sub-field of linguistic landscapes within urban spaces by showing examples from global cities. A major focus of this chapter is on the city of Donostia-San Sebastián in the Basque Country in Spain, which has witnessed multilingual developments within its public signage over the last 35 years. The chapter first discusses early studies within LL as well as the various methodological approaches employed that consist of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed approaches. Afterwards, we analyze recurring themes from numerous linguistic landscape studies, some of which include English as a global language, language policy, minority languages, and the context of education. The chapter ends with general conclusions and what remains to be done in future studies.
Abstract
This chapter reviews the literature within the sub-field of linguistic landscapes within urban spaces by showing examples from global cities. A major focus of this chapter is on the city of Donostia-San Sebastián in the Basque Country in Spain, which has witnessed multilingual developments within its public signage over the last 35 years. The chapter first discusses early studies within LL as well as the various methodological approaches employed that consist of quantitative, qualitative, and mixed approaches. Afterwards, we analyze recurring themes from numerous linguistic landscape studies, some of which include English as a global language, language policy, minority languages, and the context of education. The chapter ends with general conclusions and what remains to be done in future studies.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Inhalt V
- Urban Linguistics: Ideas and Anchor Points 1
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I Bezugsfelder der urbanen Linguistik/ Fields of Reference of Urban Linguistics
- 1. Urban Variationist Sociolinguistics 33
- 2. ‘Rural’ and ‘Urban’ in Dialectology 52
- 3. Fundamentals of Urban Semiotics: Exemplified by Examples taken from the Chinese City 74
- 4. Experience as Moving Methodology: Notations on the Study of Urban Diversity 86
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II Kommunikationsraum Stadt/ City as Communicative Space
- 5. Urban Communities of Practice 117
- 6. Neue Dialekte im urbanen Europa 137
- 7. Urbanes Place-Making und Sprechen über Musik 165
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III Mobilität, Fluidität und Konstruktionen in städtischen Zeichenarealen/ Mobility, Fluidity and Constructions in Urban Semiotic Areas
- 8. Mobilities and Mobile Methods 191
- 9. Linguistic Landscapes 218
- 10. Semiotic Landscapes 245
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IV. Historizität der Stadt im Diskurs/ Historicity of the City in Discourse
- 11. Folk Linguistics and the Nostalgia of the Past City 271
- 12. Historical Discourse about Cities 292
- 13. Polyhistorizität im öffentlichen Raum 311
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V Experimente/ Experiments
- 14. Melancholy Objects Remixed: A Multimodal Counterstatement on Photography in Urban Linguistics 333
- 15. The HeiURBAN Database: A Brief and Unconventional Position Piece 394
- Index 415
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Inhalt V
- Urban Linguistics: Ideas and Anchor Points 1
-
I Bezugsfelder der urbanen Linguistik/ Fields of Reference of Urban Linguistics
- 1. Urban Variationist Sociolinguistics 33
- 2. ‘Rural’ and ‘Urban’ in Dialectology 52
- 3. Fundamentals of Urban Semiotics: Exemplified by Examples taken from the Chinese City 74
- 4. Experience as Moving Methodology: Notations on the Study of Urban Diversity 86
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II Kommunikationsraum Stadt/ City as Communicative Space
- 5. Urban Communities of Practice 117
- 6. Neue Dialekte im urbanen Europa 137
- 7. Urbanes Place-Making und Sprechen über Musik 165
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III Mobilität, Fluidität und Konstruktionen in städtischen Zeichenarealen/ Mobility, Fluidity and Constructions in Urban Semiotic Areas
- 8. Mobilities and Mobile Methods 191
- 9. Linguistic Landscapes 218
- 10. Semiotic Landscapes 245
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IV. Historizität der Stadt im Diskurs/ Historicity of the City in Discourse
- 11. Folk Linguistics and the Nostalgia of the Past City 271
- 12. Historical Discourse about Cities 292
- 13. Polyhistorizität im öffentlichen Raum 311
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V Experimente/ Experiments
- 14. Melancholy Objects Remixed: A Multimodal Counterstatement on Photography in Urban Linguistics 333
- 15. The HeiURBAN Database: A Brief and Unconventional Position Piece 394
- Index 415
