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An essential resource for understanding linguistic landscapes and their role in multilingual contexts worldwide
The Handbook of Linguistic Landscapes and Multilingualism provides an in-depth exploration of linguistic landscapes as a tool to understand multilingualism across diverse global contexts. Edited by leading scholars Durk Gorter and Jasone Cenoz, this authoritative volume brings together pioneering research on the evolving interactions between language, place, space, and society.
Addressing both theory and practice, this handbook serves as a unique lens into how linguistic landscapes reflect broader social, political, and educational dynamics. In-depth chapters address topics ranging from translanguaging and minority language ideologies to the application of linguistic landscapes in multilingual cities and classrooms. Organised into three parts, the book first establishes the theoretical and methodological foundations of linguistic landscape studies, followed by detailed case studies of the relationship between linguistic landscapes and multilingualism in diverse social and geographic contexts. The concluding section focusses on the educational implications of linguistic landscapes, examining how schoolscapes and public spaces can be utilised for language learning and teaching. Equipping readers to critically engage with multilingual practices in urban spaces, educational settings, and beyond, the Handbook of Linguistic Landscapes and Multilingualism:
Introduces cutting-edge methodologies, socio-political contexts, and language learning through linguistic landscapes
Covers emerging topics such as transgressive practices, landscapes of affect, and linguistic landscapes of protest and conflict
Describes key theoretical concepts and identifies the interdisciplinary connections between ethnography, sociolinguistics, and discourse studies
Explores innovative pedagogical approaches, and translanguaging practices, with an emphasis on empowering learners in multilingual environments
Designed to fit seamlessly into curricula focused on multilingualism and language policy across a range of academic disciplines, the Handbook of Linguistic Landscapes and Multilingualism is ideal for graduate students, post-graduate researchers, and scholars in applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, education sciences, language studies, and social geography.
Contents
Notes on Contributors ix
Acknowledgments xvii
1 Introduction: The Study of Linguistic Landscapes and Multilingualism 1
Durk Gorter and Jasone Cenoz
Part I Framing the Field 13
2 Emergence of the Field 15
Mieke Vandenbroucke
3 Theorizing Space 29
Stefania Tufi
4 Linguistic Landscapes at the Nexus of Ethnography, Sociolinguistics, and Discourse 47
Roswita Dressler and Francis M. Hult
5 Research Methodologies 65
Isabelle Buchstaller and Seraphim Alvanides
6 Translanguaging and Semiotic Resources 85
Jerry Won Lee
7 Language Attitudes in the Multilingual Linguistic Landscape 97
Monika Dannerer and Barbara Soukup
8 Landscapes of Affect 113
Lionel Wee
9 Multilingualism and Linguistic Landscapes of Protest and Conflict 127
Christiana Themistocleous
10 Exploring Beyond Convention: Transgressive Practice in Linguistic Landscapes 141
Antonio Bruyèl-Olmedo
11 Churchscape 159
Alastair Walker
12 Names, Naming, and Multilingualism in the Linguistic Landscape 177
Väinö Syrjälä
13 Minority Languages and Language Ideologies 193
Luk Van Mensel
14 The Linguistic Landscapes of Chinese Diasporic Trajectories 209
Thom Huebner and Kittinata Rhekhalilit
Part II Multilingual Contexts 225
15 Multilingualism and Global English in the Linguistic Landscape: View from Montreal, Singapore, and Dubai 227
Jakob R. E. Leimgruber
16 Reflections on Multilingualism in the Linguistic Landscape in the Context of Jordan 243
Omar Alomoush and Karl Simms
17 Linguistic Landscape in Israel: Policy, Research, Practice 255
Elana Shohamy and Iair G. Or
18 Elite Bilingualism in the Linguistic Landscape of Quetta, Pakistan 273
Syed Abdul Manan
19 Discourses Challenging Multilingualism-inclusive-of-Indigenous/Tribal/Minority Languages in the Linguistic Landscape of Dantewada, India 289
Uma Maheshwari Chimirala and Pallavi Gauri Dehari
20 Researching Hong Kong's Multilingual Landscape 309
John Bacon-Shone, Kingsley Bolton, and Siu-lun Lee
21 Exploring Linguistic Hybridity and Creativity in the Advertising Linguistic Landscapes of Taiwan and Tunisia 337
Selim Ben Said
22 Transforming the Linguistic Landscape of South Africa - More of the Same? 355
Theodorus du Plessis and Chrismi-Rinda Loth
23 Linguistic Landscape Studies as a Reflection of Multilingualism in the United States 375
Robert A. Troyer
24 The Linguistic Landscape of Indigenous Peoples from Latin America: A Multimodal Overview 393
Lorena Córdova-Hernández and Miryam Yataco
25 Multilingualism and Migrants: The Case of Latin American Linguistic Landscape in Italy 409
Maria Vittoria Calvi
26 Language Conflicts in the Linguistic Landscapes of Postcommunist Countries in Europe 429
Solvita Burr, Jelena Božović, and Marián Sloboda
27 Multilingualism in Borderlands: Hegemony and Minoritized Languages in European Borderscapes 445
Deirdre A. Dunlevy
28 Multilingualism in France's Linguistic Landscape 461
Robert Blackwood
Part III Education and Language Learning 479
29 Language Learning in Linguistic Landscape: Toward a Sustainable and Socially Responsive Language Education 481
Edina Krompák
30 Linguistic Landscape for (Foreign) Language Learning 501
Monica Barni
31 Schoolscapes: A Linguistic Landscape Approach to Learning Environments 519
Tamás Péter Szabó and Kara D. Brown
32 Developing Educational Linguistic Landscape Materials and Learning Methods 537
Steve D. Przymus and Osman Solmaz
33 Empowerment and Translanguaging in Pacific Linguistic Landscapes 555
Corinne A. Seals, Vincent Ieni Olsen-Reeder, Lei Xia, and Shanara Wallace
34 "Spotting Languages": Searching for Regional or International Languages for Symbolic, Practical, and Educational Purposes 573
Sanita Martena and Heiko F. Marten
35 Ephemeral, Mobile, and Multilingual Signs in Public Space: A Pedagogic Case Study of Stickers 591
Kellie Gonçalves, Federico Erba, Forugh Semadeni, and Hüseyin Demircan
Index 607
