LEADER 02293nam 22005533 450 001 9911009285603321 005 20250206000723.0 010 $a9781800414570 010 $a1800414579 024 7 $a10.21832/9781800414570 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6915968 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6915968 035 $a(CKB)21391786900041 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6940584 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL6940584 035 $a(DE-B1597)600358 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781800414570 035 $a(OCoLC)1306538725 035 $a(EXLCZ)9921391786900041 100 $a20220314d2022 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Language of the English Street Sign 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aBristol :$cChannel View Publications,$d2022. 210 4$d©2022. 215 $a1 online resource (213 pages) 311 08$a9781800414563 311 08$a1800414560 311 08$a9781800414556 311 08$a1800414552 327 $aIntro -- DOI https://doi.org/10.21832/COOK4563 -- 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 Languages -- 9 The Nature of Street Signs -- References -- Index. 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aSigns and signboards$xSemiotics$zEngland 606 $aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General$2bisacsh 615 0$aSigns and signboards$xSemiotics 615 7$aLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General. 676 $a302.23 700 $aCook$b Vivian$f1940-2021$0169358 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911009285603321 996 $aThe Language of the English Street Sign$94393692 997 $aUNINA