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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"Linguistic Landscapes"”.
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Tension, transgressions, and (contested) coexistence: Linguistic landscapes of Barcelona
… Catalan and Spanish within the contemporary linguistic ecology of Barcelona, Spain, simultaneously reflects modern ideologies of linguistic resistance (Catalan nationalism) as well as linguistic regimes of the past (Spanish hegemony). In this paper, I will argue that this sociolinguistic …
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Linguistic Landscapes – Eine Untersuchung zur Repräsentation von visueller Mehrsprachigkeit in Berliner Krankenhäusern
Die empirische Studie untersucht, inwieweit die gesellschaftliche Mehrsprachigkeit in Berlin in den verschiedenen Beschilderungstypen der Berliner Krankenhäuser vertreten ist. Damit fügt sich die Arbeit thematisch in die Untersuchung von "Sprachlandschaften" ein, einem neu entstehenden …
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The material culture of Muay Thai within the linguistic landscapes of selected South African and Thailand gyms.
… on the space in which it is found. The linguistic landscape (LL) comes into play here, as signs in Thailand and South Africa index different cultures. Hence, the representation of Muay Thai in these different spaces is of sociolinguistic interest in this study. The study takes a …
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The salience and visibility of toponymic changes in Makhanda & Gqeberha: A social semiotic perspective
… building blocks to understanding the changing linguistic landscapes of these two sites. Fundamentally, this thesis explores the material effects of the new place names and the ways they are made salient or invisible in the semiotic landscapes of Gqeberha and Makhanda.
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From street to screen: Linguistic productions of place in San Francisco's Mission District
Sociolinguistic research has predominately relied on spoken language to understand how social structures influence and are influenced by communication and interaction. This dissertation, however, turns to the increasingly prevalent and understudied realm of written or displayed language. Focusing …
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‘Looking locally to understand transculturally’: A heritage and placemaking approach to the linguistic/semiotic landscapes of Cornish heritage in Mexico
… and Real del Monte. Scaffolded by concepts from linguistic and semiotic landscapes, heritage, and urban studies, this research has two overarching aims. Firstly, it elucidates how (commercial) heritage historically or currently connected to Cornishness is shaped ‘in’ the landscapes of Hidalgo. …