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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910791954903321
• 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.