Linguistic Landscape in the Spanish-Speaking World.

Linguistic Landscape in the Spanish-Speaking World.

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.

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Superior document:Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics Series ; v.35
:
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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (409 pages)
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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.

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