Linguistic Landscape: A New Approach to Multilingualism - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1853599166 ISBN 13 : 9781853599163

Editeur : Multilingual Matters, 2006

Synopsis

Language is all around us as it is displayed in texts on shop windows, commercial signs, posters, official notices, etc. Given a multitude of languages there, it does not come as a surprise that an increasing number of researchers have taken a closer look at languages on signs in the public space. The book reports on studies of the linguistic landscape in cities in countries around the globe: Israel, Japan, Thailand, the Netherlands (Friesland) and Spain (the Basque Country). Their cultural, socio-economic and political circumstances are very divergent. Multimillion cities are included such as Bangkok and Tokyo, but also smaller cities such as Ljouwert-Leeuwarden and Donostia-San Sebastian. Multilingualism turns out to be an important dimension of the linguistic landscape everywhere, as well as the reflection of the process of globalisation, visible through the use of English. The study of the linguistic landscape is applied here as a means to increase our understanding of multilingualism and future directions are outlined

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Durk Gorter is Ikerbasque research professor in the Department of Education Sciences at the University of the Basque Country, UPV/EHU, Spain. He conducts research on multilingual education, European minority languages and linguistic landscapes; topics on which he has published widely.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Multilingual Matters
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1853599166
• ISBN 13: 9781853599163
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 96
• Éditeur: Gorter Durk
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible