Full Description
This work studies aspects of the symbolic construction of public spaces by means of linguistic resources (i.e. linguistic landscapes or LLs) in a number of world-cities. The sociology of language leads us to this field and to study the intermingling impacts of globalization, the national principle and multiculturalism - each one conveying its own distinct linguistic markers: international codes, national languages and ethnic vernaculars. Eliezer and Miriam Ben-Rafael study the configurations of these influences, which they conceptualize as multiple globalization, in the LLs of downtowns, residential quarters, and marginal neighborhoods of a number of world-cities. They ask how far worldwide codes of communication gain preeminence, national languages are marginalized and ethnic vernaculars impactful. They conclude by suggesting a paradigm of multiple globalizations.
Contents
Preface
List of Figures, Illustrations and Tables
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Investigating Multiple Globalizations
1 Linguistic Landscapes
2 World-cities and Globalization
3 Multiculturalism
4 The National Principle
5 Research Questions and the Theoretical Argument
6 In Search of Singularities
2 Methodologies and Research Objectives
1 The Research Settings
2 Collecting and Analyzing Data
3 Summing Up
3 Berlin
1 Introduction
2 Globalization in Downtowns
3 Galeries Lafayette
4 A Residential Middle-Class Neighborhood
5 A Turkish-Speaking Area
6 A Mixed Turkish-Arab Area
7 Where Arabic-Speakers Dominate
8 Conclusion
4 Paris
1 Introduction
2 The Champs Elysées
3 Chinatown
4 Jewish Sarcelles-Pletzel
5 Islam at the Goutte d'Or
6 Conclusion
5 Brussels
1 A Hub of Contradictions
2 Downtown Brussels
3 French-Speaking Neighborhoods
4 Flemish Areas
5 Arab Muslim Neighborhoods
6 The sub-Saharan Quarter
7 The Asian Quarter
8 The Turkish Neighborhood
9 The European Quarter
10 Conclusion
6 London
1 Introduction
2 Central London's LL
3 Golders Green
4 Chinatown in Soho
5 London's Little India
6 Conclusion
7 Tel Aviv-Jaffa
1 Introduction
2 Downtowns
3 Ramat Hasharon
4 Bnei Brak
5 Old Rosh Ha'Ayin
6 Ajami
7 The Central Bus Station
8 Conclusion
8 Downtowns Around the World
1 Introduction
2 Tokyo-Yokohama
3 New Delhi
4 Addis Ababa
5 Three cases - not too far away
9 An LL Paradigm for Multiple Globalizations
1 The Sociological Perspective
2 Configurations in Downtowns
3 Residential Areas
4 Ethno-cultural Quarters
5 Empirical Conclusions: Answering the Research Questions
10 Emblems of Singularities
1 Introduction
2 The Wall of Berlin: The East Gallery
3 Paris under-the-ground
4 Brussels' Comic Strip Murals
5 London's Double-Decker Buses
6 Tel Aviv: the Florentin neighborhood
7 Conclusion
11 General Conclusions
1 A sociology of Linguistic Landscape
2 From Modernity to Multiple Modernities
3 Globalization Instead of Modernity?
4 Multiculturalism and Transnational Diasporas
5 The Pertinence of the Nation
6 Multiple Globalizations
Appendix 1: Indexes of Globalization
Appendix 2: Major Areas of Destination for Contemporary Migration Flows
Appendix 3: Number of Civil Servants per Population (Selected European Countries)
Bibliography
Index
