Linguistic Landscape Expanding the Scenery

Name: Linguistic Landscape Expanding the Scenery
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ISBN: 9780415988735

ISBN-10: 041598873X

ISBN-13: 9780415988735

Edition: 2009

Authors: Elana Shohamy, Durk Gorter, Durk Gorter

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This title explores linguistic landscape, which refers to the signs, directions, and other documentation that appear in the public space, and includes the interpretation of this 'visible language' in social, political, and economic contexts.

Book details

List price: $66.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 8/26/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 384
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Elana Shohamy is Professor at the School of Education, Tel Aviv University. She is currently Co-Editor of Language Policy book series and Language Policy journal (Springer).Nancy H. Hornberger is Professor of Education and Director of Educational Linguistics at the Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania.



Acknowledgments


Introduction




Theoretical Perspectives



Linguistic Landscaping and the Seed of the Public Sphere




Prolegomena to a Sociolinguistic Theory of Public Signage




A Sociological Approach to the Study of Linguistic Landscapes




Language Economy and Linguistic Landscape




A Framework for the Linguistic Analysis of Linguistic Landscapes




Language Ecology and Linguistic Landscape Analysis




Methodological Issues



Authorship in the Linguistic Landscape: A Multimodal-Performative View




A Mapping Technique and the Linguistic Landscape




What's in a Name? Classification of Proper Names by Language




Language Policy Issues



Rules and Regulations in Linguistic Landscaping: A Comparative Perspective




State Ideology and Linguistic Landscape: A Comparative Analysis of (Post) communist Belarus, Czech Republic and Slovakia




Language Ideology and Linguistic Landscape: Language Policy and Globalization in a Regional Capital of Ethiopia




Local Policy Modeling the Linguistic Landscape




Identity and Awareness



Languages on Display: Indexical Signs, Identities and the Linguistic Landscape of Taipei




Constructing National Identity in Mixed Cities in Israel: Arabic on Signs in the Public Space of Upper Nazareth




Linguistic Landscape and Language Awareness




Tourism and Representation in the Irish Linguistic Landscape




Extensions and the Way Forward



Science and the Linguistic Landscape: A Genre Analysis of Representational Wall Space in a Microbiology Laboratory




Linguistic Landscapes and the Transgressive Semiotics of Graffiti




Linguistic Landscape as an Ecological Arena: Modalities, Meanings, Negotiations, Education



Notes on Contributors


Index