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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Linguistic landscape"”.
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Towards urban multilingualism: investigating the linguistic landscape of the public rail transport system in the Western Cape
This study explores the linguistic landscape of Metrorail in the Western Cape, South Africa. The Western Cape is a diverse, multicultural society with a history of colonialism and imperialism. For this reason, the language/s on signage was explored to reveal differences/similarities between the …
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The Complexity of Pronominal Address in Spanish: The Case of Hispanic Communities in Philadelphia and Their Linguistic Landscape
… the use of Pronouns of Address (PoA), in the linguistic landscape and oral communication within Hispanic communities in Philadelphia. Based on the hypothesis that language is a complex, dynamic, and adaptive system, this study analyzes how a diasporic context adds an additional layer to the …
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A critical analysis of the public signage of the commercial and non-commercial signs in Eenhana town, Ohangwena region
… signs in Eenhana Town, Ohangwena Region. The linguistic landscape of Eenhana Town, situated at the core of the Ohangwena Region in Namibia, presents a complex and insufficiently explored issue in current scholarship. The primary challenge lies in the visual representation of linguistic …
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El uso y el mantenimiento de la lengua: Garifuna en Sangrelaya, Honduras
… use and maintenance, including: speech domains, linguistic landscape, literacy, and linguistic attitudes in order to diagnose the ethnolinguistic vitality of Garifuna and Spanish in Sangrelaya. The investigator utilized a sociolinguistic survey and personal observations for collecting data. The …
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Social pressure to speak English and the effect of English language learning for ESL composition students in higher education
… notions of the historical and contemporary linguistic landscape of the U.S. However, simply because the student is studying in the U.S. at an English medium institution, does not necessarily indicate that the student plans on being a lifelong member of any English community of practice. …
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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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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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The Jewish Neo-Aramaic Dialect of Dohok: A Comparative Grammar
This thesis provides a linguistic analysis of key issues in the Neo-Aramaic dialect that was historically spoken by the Jewish community in Dohok, north-western Iraq. This linguistic variety belongs to the North-Eastern sub-branch of Neo-Aramaic – a group of dialects and languages used by Jews and …
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"I Can Do This": Understanding the Feedback Experiences of Linguistically Diverse Students in a Corequisite Writing Class
The changing cultural and linguistic landscape of higher education in the U.S. has long been a focus of postsecondary researchers, including influential scholarship focusing on the experiences of linguistically diverse students in higher education (Kanno & Harklau, 2012), immigrant-origin students …
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Dlíthe Luath-Ghaeilge: Staidéar ar Theanga agus ar Dhátú Gluaiseanna agus Tráchtanna
… writing reveals a complex and often intractable linguistic landscape, a situation not helped by the fragmented manuscript tradition. <br/><br/>The conclusions on each text therefore allow for a good deal of flexibility when it comes to dating the glosses and commentaries examined. The ‘Marriage …
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‘Shifting the Landscape’, Indigenous Immersion and Bilingual Education in Mexico:Tosepan Kalnemachtiloyan. Language planning, Buen Vivir, and Representations of indigenous identity in the Sierra de Puebla, Mexico
… of indigenous identity through the linguistic landscape. I argue that these three elements establish a trialogic interaction (in the sense of dialogue, and continual, mutual effect) that fosters a positive reframing of students' indigenous identity. This, in turn, supports students' …
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The anglophone problem in Francis Nyamnjoh's ethnographic fiction: negotiating nationalism, belonging and flexible Cameroonian citizenship
… in Cameroon encapsulates deeply entrenched linguistic, cultural, and political tensions stemming from the historical marginalisation of Anglophones by the Francophone-dominated government. Despite official denials, Anglophone grievances are rooted in the government's failure to honour the …
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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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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 …