Linguistic Landscapes
Linguistic Landscapes
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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.
- Provides the first book-length synthesis of linguistic landscapes as a general field of research, rather than examining the linguistic landscape of a specific locale
- Develops an approach to linguistic landscapes which is grounded in sociolinguistics, with special emphasis on discourse, internal and external features of language, and the dynamics of the LL in space and time
- Discusses methodological features such as the use of photography, spoken interviews and oral tradition, the documentary evidence of history and literature, and qualitative as well as quantitative analysis
Reviews & endorsements
‘This book is one of a kind. It studies linguistic landscape from all major disciplinary angles which this topic is tackled from by its numerous students - from sociologists to researchers in art and design. The fruit of immense knowledge, this book pays due tribute to the methodological diversity which has warranted the rapid growth of the field among scientists in recent years. Above all, the book shows, with clarity and conviction, how linguistic landscape research accounts for the life of language in society.’ Eliezer Ben-Rafael, Professor Emeritus, Tel-Aviv University
‘In this first, thorough textbook for a new, dynamic field, Kallen takes the reader on a superb journey across multilingual texts written in space.’ Adam Jaworski, Emeritus Professor, University of Hong Kong
‘[This] book offers a panorama of sociolinguistic approaches towards linguistic landscapes, which enables researchers to conduct meaningful research from multiple dimensions of LL signs - communicative choices, indexicals of space, interactive relationships, and traces of historicity.’ Zhixin Liu, Language in Society
‘A welcome addition and must-read reference work for scholars and students interested in LL.’ Hongbo Zheng, Language Policy
‘… a pioneering work … an outstanding contribution to students and researchers in Sociolinguistics, Language Policy, or Applied Linguistics who want to explore this growing field. Also, it would benefit those who have already been working with Linguistics Landscapes and wish to expand their comprehension and gain a more critical understanding of its relation to other fields.’ Mariana Ruiz Nascimento, Current Issues in Language Planning
‘… the author’s depth and breadth of knowledge in both LL studies and sociolinguistics is without question. Discussions of data from around the world are detailed and illuminative. Readers will recognize the pantheon of sociolinguists upon which Kallen draws but may not have recognized their contributions to the foundations of LL research. [This book,] a volume reflecting great care and passion for language in its widest communicative sense, makes their contributions very clear.’ Thom Huebner, Linguistic Landscape
‘[T]his fabulous book shows unwavering dedication to the subject and a richness of depth that will satisfy even the most well-read scholars. It will be essential for scholars seeking theoretical explanations and insights into the major talking-points.’ Will Amos, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development
‘The author should be commended for compiling such an intriguing volume, and any scholar within linguistic landscape studies would be enriched for having read it.’ Troy E. Spier, LINGUIST List
Product details
- Published: June 2023
- Format: Hardback
- ISBN: 9781107177543
- Length: 378 pages
- Dimensions: 235 × 158 × 26 mm
- Weight: 0.69kg
- Availability: Available
Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Approaching the linguistic landscape
- 2. Why Linguistic Landscape?
- 3. Doing things with codes
- 4. Space and landscape
- 5. People 6. The linguistic landscape as discourse
- 7. Time, space and the LL
- 8. Researching linguistic landscapes.
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