Book contents
- Linguistic Landscapes
- Linguistic Landscapes
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Places in Figures
- Diagrams
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 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
- References
- Index
1 - Approaching the Linguistic Landscape
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 June 2023
- Linguistic Landscapes
- Linguistic Landscapes
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Places in Figures
- Diagrams
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 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
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter presents a panoramic view of elements in the Linguistic Landscape (LL), using photographs from Ireland, North America, England, and continental Europe. The discussion focuses on the operation of language policies and language choices, the regulation of space in the landscape, discourse elements in graffiti and social protest, and the position of the LL in reflecting and commemorating history. The chapter argues that while language display is crucial to the LL, any written display of language also includes visual and spatial elements which are part of the LL. Some elements such as orthography, letter shape, and text colour, are close to the language system. Others include visual images, the physical medium and ground used for the message, and the size and placement of the message. The chapter takes an inclusive view of language, referring to a wide range of displays that involve lexical elements and copresent modes of expressing meaning. A focus on the LL as discourse shows that restricting the LL to written language is overly limited, and that oral tradition and discourse must also be taken into account.
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- Linguistic LandscapesA Sociolinguistic Approach, pp. 1 - 26Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023