Linguistic Landscapes : : A Comparative Study of Urban Multilingualism in Tokyo / / Peter Backhaus.
Linguistic Landscapes is the first comprehensive approach to a largely under-explored sociolinguistic phenomenon: language on signs. Based on an up-to-date review of previous research from various places around the world, the book develops an analytical framework for the systematic analysis of lingu...
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Backhaus, Peter, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Linguistic Landscapes : A Comparative Study of Urban Multilingualism in Tokyo / Peter Backhaus. Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [2006] ©2006 1 online resource (168 p.) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Multilingual Matters Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword by Bernard Spolsky -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Semiotic Background and Terminology -- 3. Previous Approaches to the Linguistic Landscape: An Overview -- 4. Summary -- 5. Case Study: Signs of Multilingualism in Tokyo -- 6. Conclusions -- Appendix: The 28 Survey Areas -- References -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Linguistic Landscapes is the first comprehensive approach to a largely under-explored sociolinguistic phenomenon: language on signs. Based on an up-to-date review of previous research from various places around the world, the book develops an analytical framework for the systematic analysis of linguistic landscape data. This framework is applied to a sample of 2,444 signs collected in 28 survey areas in central Tokyo. Analytical categories include the languages contained and their combinations, differences between official and nonofficial signs, geographic distribution, availability of translation or transliteration, linguistic idiosyncrasies, and the comparison of older and newer signs, among others. Combining qualitative and quantitative methods, the analysis yields some unique insights about the writers of multilingual signs, their readers, and the languages and scripts in contact. Linguistic Landscapes thus demonstrates that the study of language on signs has much to contribute to research into urban multilingualism, as well as the study of language and society as a whole. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 01. Dez 2022) Multilingualism -- Japan -- Tokyo. Multilingualism Japan Tokyo. Multilingualism. Signs and symbols. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 9783111024738 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2015 9783110663136 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters eBook Package Backlist 2000-2014 9783110606713 print 9781853599477 https://doi.org/10.21832/9781853599484 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781853599484 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781853599484/original |
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