Minority Languages in the Linguistic Landscape (Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0230272444 ISBN 13: 9780230272446

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

Synopsis

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.

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MARWAN ABU GHAZALEH-MAHAJNEH Tel Aviv University/Beir Berle College, Israel JOKIN AIESTARAN University of the Basque Country, Spain LARISSA ARONIN, University of Haifa, Israel ROBERT BLACKWOOD University of Liverpool, UK KARA D. BROWN University of South Carolina, USA JASONE CENOZ University of the Basque Country, Spain PAOLO COLUZZI University of Brunei Darussalam LLORENÇ COMAJOAN University of Vic/University of Barcelona, Spain JEROEN DARQUENNES University of Namur, Belgium MICHAEL HORNSBY Politechnika Koszali?ska/Adam Mickiewicz University, Pozna?, Poland ETHAN LONG University of Richmond, USA MÁIRÉAD MORIARTY University of Limerick, Ireland/University of Jyväskylä, Finland SEBASTIAN MUTH University of Greifswald, Germany MUIRIS Ó LAOIRE Institute of Technology, Tralee, Ireland ANETA PAVLENKO Temple University, Philadelphia, USA GUY PUZEY University of Edinburgh, Scotland HANNI SALO University of Jyväskylä, Finland ELANA SHOHAMY Tel Aviv University, Israel LUCIJA IMI?I? University of Zagreb, Croatia MARIÁN SLOBODA Charles University Prague, Czech Republic ESZTER SZABÓ-GILINGER University of Szeged, Hungary STEFANIA TUFI University of Liverpool, UK DICK VIGERS University of Southampton, UK

Review:

'Overall, this is a very interesting volume that gathers together a wide ranging set of case studies and analyses of the LL and its implications for minority languages and minorities themselves. Many of the chapters break new ground, either in terms of the language varieties or geographical locations they consider, or the theoretical positions and research methodologies they combine... This is an inmportant work for anyone interested in LL research and on the status of minority languages. It comprehensively demonstrates the inter-disciplinary nature of LL research, showcasing the wealth of data available and the robust theoretically informative lenses through which the representation of minority languages and cultures may be understood.' Maggie Scott, University of Salford, Current Issues in Language Planning, Sept. 2012

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0230272444
• ISBN 13: 9780230272446
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 359
• Editor: Gorter D., Marten H. F., Mensel L. Van