Exploring Local Linguistic Scenery Amongst Superdiversity A Small Place in the Global Landscape.
This book provides a linguistic snapshot of a small urban place, the town of Veliko Turnovo in Bulgaria. It investigates public signs and the inscriptions on them from the perspective of linguistic landscaping studies (LLS), a branch of sociolinguistics. Its study of the local linguistic landscape i...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Cambridge Scholars Publishing,
[2022]
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| Online Access: | EBSCOhost Перейти в каталог НБ ТГУ |
| Summary: | This book provides a linguistic snapshot of a small urban place, the town of Veliko Turnovo in Bulgaria. It investigates public signs and the inscriptions on them from the perspective of linguistic landscaping studies (LLS), a branch of sociolinguistics. Its study of the local linguistic landscape is carried out in the context of globalization and cultural and linguistic super-diversity. The book focuses on the presence of foreign languages in the Bulgarian public space with a particular emphasis on the use of English as Globe Talk. It also explores the different kinds of literacy, which peopl. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (145 p.) |
| ISBN: | 1527578127 9781527578128 |