The Linguistic Landscape of Chinatown: A Sociolinguistic Ethnography

This book presents a sociolinguistic ethnography of the linguistic landscape of Chinatown in Washington, DC. The book...
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Author: Jackie Jia Lou
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Language: English
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The Linguistic Landscape of Chinatown: A Sociolinguistic Ethnography by Lou, Jackie Jia

The Linguistic Landscape of Chinatown: A Sociolinguistic Ethnography

€308,05

The Linguistic Landscape of Chinatown: A Sociolinguistic Ethnography

€308,05
Author: Jackie Jia Lou
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

This book presents a sociolinguistic ethnography of the linguistic landscape of Chinatown in Washington, DC. The book sheds a unique light on the impact of urban development on traditionally ethnic neighbourhoods and discusses the various historical, social and cultural factors that contribute to this area's shifting linguistic landscape. Based on fieldwork, interviews with residents and visitors and analysis of community meetings and public policies, it provides an in-depth study of the production and consumption of linguistic landscape as a cultural text. Following a geosemiotic analysis of shop signs, it traces the multiple historical trajectories of discourse which shaped the bilingual landscape of the neighbourhood. Turning to the spatial contexts, it then compares and contrasts the situated meaning of the linguistic landscape for residents, community organisers and urban planners.



Author: Jackie Jia Lou
Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
Published: 05/12/2016
Pages: 168
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.90w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781783095629

About the Author
Jackie Jia Lou is Assistant Professor in the Department of English, City University of Hong Kong. Her main research interests are linguistic landscape, sociolinguistic ethnography, multimodal discourse analysis, and language, space and place. She is on the editorial board for Linguistic Landscapes: An International Journal.

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