The Language of the English Street Sign / / Vivian Cook.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2022 Part 2
• VerfasserIn: Cook, Vivian,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)

This book opens readers’ eyes to something they see all the time but take for granted: street signs. It is a portrait of the signs on modern English streets: what they look like, who and what they are for, how they link to English history and how they form part of life in multilingual England today.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Describing Street Signs -- 2 The Writing System of the Street -- 3 The Language System of the Street -- 4 The Material of the Street Sign -- 5 Naming the Street -- 6 Controlling Signs -- 7 Connotations of Letter Forms in Street Signs -- 8 Street Signs in Other Language -- 9 The Nature of Street Signs -- References -- Index