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