Linguistic Landscape in the Spanish-Speaking World.

• Superior document: Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics Series ; v.35
• Author: Gubitosi, Patricia.
• TeilnehmendeR: Ramos Pellicia, Michelle F.
• Place / Publishing House: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : : John Benjamins Publishing Company,, 2021.; ©2021.
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (409 pages)

Linguistic Landscape in the Spanish-speaking World is the first book dedicated to languages in the urban space of the Spanish-speaking world filling a gap in the extensive research that highlights the richness and complexity of Spanish Linguistic Landscapes.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Linguistic Landscape in the Spanish-speaking World -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of contributors -- Introduction: Uncovering the voice of minority groups -- Linguistic Landscape and people's identities -- Contesting the Linguistic Landscape of public space -- Language commodification in the Linguistic Landscape -- Concluding remarks -- References -- Part I. Linguistic landscape and people's identities -- Chapter 1. Language use and identity negotiation in the linguistic landscape of Chipilo, Mexico -- Introduction -- Theoretical framework -- Chipilo, a brief sociolinguistic background -- Methodology -- Results -- Official signs -- Nonofficial signs -- Nonofficial signs in Veneto and Spanish -- Italian in the linguistic landscape of Chipilo -- Nonofficial signs in Italian and Spanish -- English in the linguistic landscape of Chipilo -- The interanimation of various -scapes in Chipilo -- Conclusions -- Funding -- References -- Chapter 2. A changing landscape of voseo in Medellín?: The momentum of voseo in the public signage of Valle de Aburrá, Colombia -- Introduction -- 2PS in Paisa Spanish -- Paisa identity and the linguistic landscape of Medellin -- Methodology -- Results -- 2PS in the Linguistic Landscape of Valle the Aburrá -- Public perception and future of voseo in the LL of Valle de Aburrá -- Discussion and conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3. Ethnolinguistic vitality and linguistic landscape: The status of Spanish in Dallas, TX -- Introduction -- Ethnolinguistic vitality of Spanish in Dallas, TX -- Ethnolinguistic vitality and linguistic landscape -- The study -- Results and analysis -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4. Ideologies in the linguistic landscape: The semiotic construction of the Puerto Rican identity -- Introduction.

Sociopolitical context: Puerto Rican political status -- Language ideologies in the linguistic landscape -- Semiotic landscape -- The Puerto Rican flag as part of the spatial repertoires in the Puerto Rican LL -- Puerto Rican flag-variants and symbolism -- Objectives and research questions -- Methodology -- Survey and questions -- Participants -- Analysis -- Results and discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Part II. Contesting the linguistic landscape of public space -- Chapter 5. Urban discourse and civil resistance against gender-based violence in Madrid -- Introduction -- Theoretical framework -- Methodology -- Analysis -- The mobilization of women in Madrid: Antecedents and social context -- A further detonator: The Manada case -- Discourses of gender solidarity in place -- Identity and resistance in the LL: Multimodal profiles of the participants in the protests -- The superdiversity, dynamism and historicity of the protest movement in the urban space -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 6. Armed conflict and resistance in indigenous Colombia: The linguistic landscape of Toribío (Cauca) -- Introduction: Writing in the territory to face war -- Linguistic landscape and muralism in Latin America: State of the art and theoretical framework -- Methodology -- Results of the analysis -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7. The Escondido swap meet: A place of covert resistance -- Introduction -- Background -- Questions motivating this work -- Theoretical background -- Methods -- The landscape of the Escondido swap meet -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 8. The linguistic landscape of the Raval: Language policy and contextualization -- Introduction -- The linguistic landscape, Barcelona, and language policy -- The linguistic landscape -- Barcelona and Ciutat Vella -- The Llei de Política Lingüística -- Methodology and data -- Results.

Discussion -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 9. Reframing the question of correlation between the local linguistic population and urban signage: The case of Spanish in the Los Angeles linguistic landscape -- Introduction -- Los Angeles -- Methodological considerations -- Results -- Monolingual signs -- Multilingual signs -- Main section -- Informative section -- Discussion and conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Part III. Language commodification in the linguistic landscape -- Chapter 10. Languages to buy and sell: Business names and linguistic diversity in a central Peninsular community -- Introduction: Multilingualism in Peninsular Spanish urban landscapes -- The community and the three urban areas -- Methodology and data -- Names, descriptors, and additional materials -- The data and their coding -- The quantitative distribution of languages across the commercial landscape -- The CS area: Outward diversity -- The LA area: Upward diversity -- The GG area: Inward diversity -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 11. An analysis of how business owners use Valencian and Spanish in the linguistic landscape -- Introduction -- Analyzing linguistic landscapes -- Analyzing Spanish in the linguistic landscape -- Community profile -- Method and data -- Results and analysis -- The authors' language use and their signs -- The symbolic value reinforced -- Bivalency -- Discussion and conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12. Linguistic landscape in Otavalo: Kichwa, Spanish or English? -- Introduction -- Sociolinguistic contextualization of languages in Ecuador -- Otavalo -- Theoretical background -- Languages in the linguistic landscape -- Linguistic landscape in Ecuador -- Methodology -- Analysis and discussion -- An overview of Otavalo's LL -- Kichwa language in Otavalo LL -- English as an index of prestige and modernity.

Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 13. Donde su visión se hace realidad: Landscaping the linguistics of Orlando's plazas -- Introduction -- Previous research on bilingual linguistic landscapes in the United States -- Theoretical framework -- Grammar of visual design -- Geosemiotics -- Multilingualism and multimodality in semiotic landscapes -- Methods -- Setting: Orlando, florida -- Data collection -- Data analysis -- Findings -- Frequency count -- Zooming in: The Plaza as the "Neighborhood" -- Bilingualism count -- Treat yourself or get a family plan: The case of Metro PCS -- Surreal uses of Spanish and English: Donde su visión se hace realidad -- Indexing customers through multimodal national colors, flags, and cultural artifacts -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 14. The act of naming in the Hispanic linguistic landscape of Milan -- Introduction -- The Linguistic Landscape and the act of naming -- The visibility of LAs in the Milanese LL -- Methodology -- Analysis and results -- Place names and geographical entities -- Proper names -- Food and kitchen utensils -- Music -- Lived experiences -- Concluding remarks -- References -- Index.