{"title":"Review of Mirvahedi (2022): Linguistic Landscapes in South-East Asia: The Politics of Language and Public Signage","authors":"Chao Ma","doi":"10.1075/ll.23001.ma","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/ll.23001.ma","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53129,"journal":{"name":"Linguistic Landscape-An International Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-01-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81739784","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Building on semiotic landscapes research, the present paper seeks to expand the existing field with its exploration of protest through the lens of turbulence (Stroud, 2015a). While making visible the fabric of resistance in semiotic landscapes of annexed Crimea, the ethnographic engagement with the interactional and visual data provides insights into small-scale performative acts of protest. It shows that protest evolves as a manoeuvring act across a minefield of possibilities and constraints and manifests itself materially and discursively. More specifically, acts of protest emerge out of an agential intra-action of humans and non-humans, thus revealing the necessity of synergies between people and objects. Such intra-actions create interpretative ambiguity. Protestors deliberately play on this ambiguity to simultaneously conceal and to visibilise dissent. Jointly achieved performative acts of protest, if only temporary, create turbulence and unsettle the status of Crimea as a ‘Russian’ space, thus disturbing the status quo in the area.
{"title":"Manoeuvres of dissent in landscapes of annexation","authors":"Natalia Volvach","doi":"10.1075/ll.22012.vol","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/ll.22012.vol","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Building on semiotic landscapes research, the present paper seeks to expand the existing field with its\u0000 exploration of protest through the lens of turbulence (Stroud, 2015a). While making\u0000 visible the fabric of resistance in semiotic landscapes of annexed Crimea, the ethnographic engagement with the interactional and\u0000 visual data provides insights into small-scale performative acts of protest. It shows that protest evolves as a manoeuvring act\u0000 across a minefield of possibilities and constraints and manifests itself materially and discursively. More specifically, acts of\u0000 protest emerge out of an agential intra-action of humans and non-humans, thus revealing the necessity of synergies between people\u0000 and objects. Such intra-actions create interpretative ambiguity. Protestors deliberately play on this ambiguity to simultaneously\u0000 conceal and to visibilise dissent. Jointly achieved performative acts of protest, if only temporary, create turbulence and\u0000 unsettle the status of Crimea as a ‘Russian’ space, thus disturbing the status quo in the area.","PeriodicalId":53129,"journal":{"name":"Linguistic Landscape-An International Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-12-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84172892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This paper presents a study of how temporary, fixed-term local semiotic landscapes in Salzburg, Austria, contribute to a construction of local identity. For this purpose, two main events in the city’s calendar were investigated, the Ruperti fair in the autumn and the Christmas market in the winter. I explore how and the extent to which semiotic resources such as linguistic features index local pride and become commodified, i.e., utilized for economic gain. The indexicality can be temporary or even volatile with some signs and creates an event-specific or non-event specific semiotic ‘register’ (enregisterment). The analysis follows two major commodifying practices, historicizing (in particular, the use of blackletter) and localizing (use of non-standard Austro-Bavarian dialect), and employs a multimodal approach. A qualitative analysis reveals how signs add to the temporary local authentication and discusses how LL research can benefit from capturing event spaces and the temporality of signs.
{"title":"The temporality of commodified landscapes at events & local constructions of identity in Salzburg","authors":"Konstantin Niehaus","doi":"10.1075/ll.22008.nie","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/ll.22008.nie","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This paper presents a study of how temporary, fixed-term local semiotic landscapes in Salzburg, Austria,\u0000 contribute to a construction of local identity. For this purpose, two main events in the city’s calendar were investigated, the\u0000 Ruperti fair in the autumn and the Christmas market in the winter. I explore how and the extent to which semiotic resources such\u0000 as linguistic features index local pride and become commodified, i.e., utilized for economic gain. The indexicality can be\u0000 temporary or even volatile with some signs and creates an event-specific or non-event specific semiotic ‘register’\u0000 (enregisterment). The analysis follows two major commodifying practices, historicizing (in particular, the use of\u0000 blackletter) and localizing (use of non-standard Austro-Bavarian dialect), and employs a multimodal approach. A\u0000 qualitative analysis reveals how signs add to the temporary local authentication and discusses how LL research can benefit from\u0000 capturing event spaces and the temporality of signs.","PeriodicalId":53129,"journal":{"name":"Linguistic Landscape-An International Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77171886","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tove Rosendal, H. L. Nielsen, Johan Järlehed, Tommaso M. Milani, Maria Löfdahl
This article addresses the role of translocal interconnectedness between offline and online spaces by examining the varied presence of language displays in such spaces. Quantitative findings on language presence in the offline public spaces of four Gothenburg neighbourhoods are contrasted with the online presence found in three Swedish search portals, and the differences are interpreted in light of the broader socioeconomic processes of gentrification and segregation. The comparison between online and offline presence allows us to give a more holistic picture of the neighbourhoods; it reveals, among other things, the presence of semi-public spaces, with a multilingual presence of commercial enterprises and civil society organizations, and points out that some super-diverse neighbourhoods have more online than offline presence on search portals. Thus, the often-stereotyped mental picture of these neighbourhoods as being passive, static, ‘segregated’ and ‘problematic’ is challenged.
{"title":"Language, translocality and urban change","authors":"Tove Rosendal, H. L. Nielsen, Johan Järlehed, Tommaso M. Milani, Maria Löfdahl","doi":"10.1075/ll.22003.ros","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/ll.22003.ros","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 This article addresses the role of translocal interconnectedness between offline and online spaces by examining the varied\u0000 presence of language displays in such spaces. Quantitative findings on language presence in the offline public spaces of four Gothenburg\u0000 neighbourhoods are contrasted with the online presence found in three Swedish search portals, and the differences are interpreted in light\u0000 of the broader socioeconomic processes of gentrification and segregation. The comparison between online and offline presence allows us to\u0000 give a more holistic picture of the neighbourhoods; it reveals, among other things, the presence of semi-public spaces, with a multilingual\u0000 presence of commercial enterprises and civil society organizations, and points out that some super-diverse neighbourhoods have more online\u0000 than offline presence on search portals. Thus, the often-stereotyped mental picture of these neighbourhoods as being passive, static,\u0000 ‘segregated’ and ‘problematic’ is challenged.","PeriodicalId":53129,"journal":{"name":"Linguistic Landscape-An International Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76695509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Although gaining momentum in research, the issue of gender representations in the Linguistic Landscape demands more attention. Hence, this study aims to explore the issue of language and gender in the LL of the red-light district (RLD) of Ermita-Malate, Manila, using frameworks from semiotics, multimodality, and feminist stylistics. Particularly, it seeks to answer questions on verbal and non-verbal choices in sign production, and the role of women in the process of interpretation, production, and function of these signs in the RLD. The linguistic and multimodal analysis reveals that the RLD Ermita-Malate, Manila, features linguistic diversity, and that language and image choice support the highly consumerist activities observed in the area. A more in-depth feminist reading of the texts also reveals that women’s role in sign production is limited to the commodification of their images whose function is highly symbolical and imaginative.
{"title":"Women in Signs","authors":"Katrina Ninfa M. Topacio","doi":"10.1075/ll.19032.top","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/ll.19032.top","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Although gaining momentum in research, the issue of gender representations in the Linguistic Landscape demands\u0000 more attention. Hence, this study aims to explore the issue of language and gender in the LL of the red-light district (RLD) of\u0000 Ermita-Malate, Manila, using frameworks from semiotics, multimodality, and feminist stylistics. Particularly, it seeks to answer\u0000 questions on verbal and non-verbal choices in sign production, and the role of women in the process of interpretation, production,\u0000 and function of these signs in the RLD. The linguistic and multimodal analysis reveals that the RLD Ermita-Malate, Manila,\u0000 features linguistic diversity, and that language and image choice support the highly consumerist activities observed in the area.\u0000 A more in-depth feminist reading of the texts also reveals that women’s role in sign production is limited to the commodification\u0000 of their images whose function is highly symbolical and imaginative.","PeriodicalId":53129,"journal":{"name":"Linguistic Landscape-An International Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77110289","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Fares J. Karam, Amanda K. Kibler, Amber N. Warren, Zinnia Shweiry
This study examines the Linguistic Landscape (LL) of two streets in Beirut (Foch and Weygand) following a series of protests in October 2019 against the Lebanese government. We analyzed signs of protest on those two streets collected in 2020 and compared them to archival data collected back in 2015 prior to the commencement of the protests. We drew upon an expanding LL literature of contestation and resistance and theoretically framed our study in concepts of reclaiming public spaces through protest signs (Martín Rojo, 2014a). Photographic data was collected and analyzed based on a critical discourse historiographical approach (Flowerdew, 2017). Implications with regard to Beirut’s changing identity and conflicting discourses of protest, hope, and censorship competing for space on its streets are presented. The study also presents asynchronous narrative layering as an approach that addresses historical and cultural dimensions and power structures that underlie the narratives that shape protest movements.
{"title":"‘Beirut you will rise again’","authors":"Fares J. Karam, Amanda K. Kibler, Amber N. Warren, Zinnia Shweiry","doi":"10.1075/ll.21040.kar","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/ll.21040.kar","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000This study examines the Linguistic Landscape (LL) of two streets in Beirut (Foch and Weygand) following a series of protests in October 2019 against the Lebanese government. We analyzed signs of protest on those two streets collected in 2020 and compared them to archival data collected back in 2015 prior to the commencement of the protests. We drew upon an expanding LL literature of contestation and resistance and theoretically framed our study in concepts of reclaiming public spaces through protest signs (Martín Rojo, 2014a). Photographic data was collected and analyzed based on a critical discourse historiographical approach (Flowerdew, 2017). Implications with regard to Beirut’s changing identity and conflicting discourses of protest, hope, and censorship competing for space on its streets are presented. The study also presents asynchronous narrative layering as an approach that addresses historical and cultural dimensions and power structures that underlie the narratives that shape protest movements.","PeriodicalId":53129,"journal":{"name":"Linguistic Landscape-An International Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76782955","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Review of Blackwood & Dunlevy (2021): Multilingualism in public space: Empowering and transforming communities","authors":"Samantha Goodchild","doi":"10.1075/ll.22026.goo","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/ll.22026.goo","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53129,"journal":{"name":"Linguistic Landscape-An International Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77802750","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Review of Gubitosi & Pellicia (2021): Linguistic Landscape in the Spanish-speaking World","authors":"D. Gorter","doi":"10.1075/ll.22025.gor","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/ll.22025.gor","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53129,"journal":{"name":"Linguistic Landscape-An International Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85345800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
We use a geographically informed notion of landscape and Williams’ (1977) framework structure of feeling to examine ‘closed’, masking, and social distancing signs on businesses in the Washington, DC central-city neighborhood of Adams Morgan. We argue that the semantic content and discursive structure of the Covid signs, together with the in-the-moment feeling of walking down empty streets while a little-understood virus had just started raging, promoted a reconceptualization of labor relations tied to solidarity, public health, and communal responsibility, and making visible the working conditions of low-wage workers. This new structure of feeling opens up a space – however narrow – of political possibility.
{"title":"Signs at work","authors":"Gabriella Modan, Katie J. Wells","doi":"10.1075/ll.21041.mod","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1075/ll.21041.mod","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000We use a geographically informed notion of landscape and Williams’ (1977) framework structure of feeling to examine ‘closed’, masking, and social distancing signs on businesses in the Washington, DC central-city neighborhood of Adams Morgan. We argue that the semantic content and discursive structure of the Covid signs, together with the in-the-moment feeling of walking down empty streets while a little-understood virus had just started raging, promoted a reconceptualization of labor relations tied to solidarity, public health, and communal responsibility, and making visible the working conditions of low-wage workers. This new structure of feeling opens up a space – however narrow – of political possibility.","PeriodicalId":53129,"journal":{"name":"Linguistic Landscape-An International Journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80265234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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