LEADER 03515oam 2200697 450 001 9910817798503321 005 20230721025502.0 010 $a9781853599484$belectronic book 010 $z9781853599460 010 $a1-84769-952-9 010 $a1-280-82857-9 010 $a9786610828579 010 $a1-85359-948-4 024 7 $a10.21832/9781853599484 035 $a(CKB)1000000000337002 035 $a(EBL)293219 035 $a(OCoLC)437178921 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000192675 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11167614 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000192675 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10216691 035 $a(PQKB)10875968 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC293219 035 $a(DE-B1597)491336 035 $a(OCoLC)999622343 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781853599484 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL293219 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10170609 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL82857 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000337002 100 $a20060817d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aLinguistic landscapes $ea comparative study of urban multilingualism in Tokyo /$fPeter Backhaus 210 1$aClevedon :$cMultilingual Matters,$d2007. 215 $a1 online resource (168 pages) 225 1 $aMultilingual matters 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a1-85359-946-8 311 08$a1-85359-947-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgements --$tForeword by Bernard Spolsky --$t1. Introduction --$t2. Semiotic Background and Terminology --$t3. Previous Approaches to the Linguistic Landscape: An Overview --$t4. Summary --$t5. Case Study: Signs of Multilingualism in Tokyo --$t6. Conclusions --$tAppendix: The 28 Survey Areas --$tReferences --$tIndex 330 $aLinguistic Landscapes is the first comprehensive approach to a largely under-explored sociolinguistic phenomenon: language on signs. Based on an up-to-date review of previous research from various places around the world, the book develops an analytical framework for the systematic analysis of linguistic landscape data. This framework is applied to a sample of 2,444 signs collected in 28 survey areas in central Tokyo. Analytical categories include the languages contained and their combinations, differences between official and nonofficial signs, geographic distribution, availability of translation or transliteration, linguistic idiosyncrasies, and the comparison of older and newer signs, among others. Combining qualitative and quantitative methods, the analysis yields some unique insights about the writers of multilingual signs, their readers, and the languages and scripts in contact. Linguistic Landscapes thus demonstrates that the study of language on signs has much to contribute to research into urban multilingualism, as well as the study of language and society as a whole. 410 0$aMultilingual matters (Series) ;$v136. 606 $aMultilingualism$zJapan$zTokyo 606 $aSigns and symbols 615 0$aMultilingualism 615 0$aSigns and symbols. 676 $a306.4460952135 686 $aES 132$qSEPA$2rvk 700 $aBackhaus$b Peter$f1975-,$01623260 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817798503321 996 $aLinguistic landscapes$93957550 997 $aUNINA