1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910674374503321

Titolo

Ecology and Conservation of Parrots in Their Native and Non-Native Ranges / / edited by José Tella, Guillermo Blanco and Martina Carrete

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel : , : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, , 2022

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (442 pages)

Disciplina

636.6865

Soggetti

Parrots

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

This book focuses on parrots, which are among the most fascinating, attractive, and threatened birds, combining and synthesizing recent research on the biology, ecology, and conservation of both native and non-native parrot populations across the world.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910791954903321

Titolo

Minority Languages in the Linguistic Landscape [[electronic resource] /] / edited by D. Gorter, H. F. Marten, L. Van Mensel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2012

ISBN

1-280-68083-0

9786613657770

0-230-36023-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2012.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (348 p.)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities

Disciplina

305.7

305.7094

Soggetti

Sign language

Sociolinguistics

Communication

Applied linguistics

Sign Language

Communication Studies

Applied Linguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Overview Map of Cases Discussed in this Book; 1 Studying Minority Languages in the Linguistic Landscape; Part I: Language Ideologies and Linguistic Landscape; 2 'Latgalian is not a Language': Linguistic Landscapes in Eastern Latvia and how they Reflect Centralist Attitudes; 3 Transgression as the Norm: Russian in Linguistic Landscape of Kyiv, Ukraine; 4 Minority Semiotic Landscapes: An Ideological Minefield?; 5 Language Ideological Debates in the Linguistic Landscape of an Irish Tourist Town

6 Linguistic Landscape as a Tool for Interpreting Language Vitality: Arabic as a 'Minority' Language in IsraelPart II: Linguistic Landscape and Language Policy; 7 Policies vs Non-Policies: Analysing Regional Languages and the National Standard in the Linguistic Landscape of French and Italian Mediterranean Cities; 8 Two-Way Traffic: How



Linguistic Landscapes Reflect and Influence the Politics of Language; 9 The Revitalization of Basque and the Linguistic Landscape of Donostia-San Sebastián

10 All is Quiet on the Eastern Front? Language Contact along the French-German Language Border in BelgiumPart III: The Distributive Approach to Linguistic Landscape; 11 The Linguistic Landscape of Three Streets in Barcelona: Patterns of Language Visibility in Public Space; 12 The Linguistic Landscapes of Chişinău and Vilnius:Linguistic Landscape and the Representation of Minority Languages in Two Post-Soviet Capitals; 13 Multilingual Societies vs Monolingual States: The Linguistic Landscapes in Italy and Brunei Darussalam

14 Using Linguistic Landscape to Examine the Visibility of Sámi Languages in the North CalottePart IV: Fresh Perspectives on Linguistic Landscape; 15 Discourse Coalitions For and Against Minority Languages on Signs: Linguistic Landscape as a Social Issue; 16 The Linguistic Landscape of Educational Spaces: Language Revitalization and Schools in Southeastern Estonia; 17 The Material Culture of Multilingualism; 18 Minority Languages through the Lens of the Linguistic Landscape; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Providing an innovative approach to the written displays of minority languages in public space this volume explores minority language situations through the lens of linguistic landscape research. Based on very tangible data it explores the 'same old issues' of language contact and language conflict in new ways.