Multilingualism in the North: From Baklava to Tre Kronor
This article explores processes of place-making through the study of the linguistic landscape of a small-size town in Northern Sweden. The analysis of signs is used as a tool for examining the role and visibility of actors in the landscape. For this purpose, we examine who the authors are, what form...
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:oai:doaj.org/article:876ff20cb23a4a7e906f0725c7323ce0 2023-05-15T17:44:45+02:00 Multilingualism in the North: From Baklava to Tre Kronor Coppélie Cocq Lena Granstedt Eva Lindgren Urban Lindgren 2022-05-01 https://doi.org/10.3390/languages7020124 https://doaj.org/article/876ff20cb23a4a7e906f0725c7323ce0 en eng MDPI AG doi:10.3390/languages7020124 2226-471X https://doaj.org/article/876ff20cb23a4a7e906f0725c7323ce0 undefined Languages, Vol 7, Iss 124, p 124 (2022) visible multilingualism globalization minority languages mixed methods lang anthro-se Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ 2022 fttriple https://doi.org/10.3390/languages7020124 2023-01-22T19:23:56Z This article explores processes of place-making through the study of the linguistic landscape of a small-size town in Northern Sweden. The analysis of signs is used as a tool for examining the role and visibility of actors in the landscape. For this purpose, we examine who the authors are, what forms of multilingualism can be observed, and who has agency in the place-making of the public space. Our documentation consists of photos and fieldnotes from observations, encounters, and conversations with people during ethnographic fieldwork in 2019. Using a mixed-methods approach, all signs were first analysed quantitatively according to the categories of authors and function. Regression analysis was used to explore correlations between the categories. Secondly, multilingual signs were analysed qualitatively regarding their function and purpose in relation to their contexts. Our results illustrate a city centre with a strong presence of the Swedish language. Multilingual signs target specific groups and are intended for information, advertisement, rules and regulations; moreover, our findings indicate that the opportunities for private actors to influence the linguistic landscape are limited. The form of multilingualism in this context—visible multilingualism present mainly through English—is different from the one we can see in the socio-demographic data. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden Unknown Languages 7 2 124 |
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This article explores processes of place-making through the study of the linguistic landscape of a small-size town in Northern Sweden. The analysis of signs is used as a tool for examining the role and visibility of actors in the landscape. For this purpose, we examine who the authors are, what forms of multilingualism can be observed, and who has agency in the place-making of the public space. Our documentation consists of photos and fieldnotes from observations, encounters, and conversations with people during ethnographic fieldwork in 2019. Using a mixed-methods approach, all signs were first analysed quantitatively according to the categories of authors and function. Regression analysis was used to explore correlations between the categories. Secondly, multilingual signs were analysed qualitatively regarding their function and purpose in relation to their contexts. Our results illustrate a city centre with a strong presence of the Swedish language. Multilingual signs target specific groups and are intended for information, advertisement, rules and regulations; moreover, our findings indicate that the opportunities for private actors to influence the linguistic landscape are limited. The form of multilingualism in this context—visible multilingualism present mainly through English—is different from the one we can see in the socio-demographic data. |
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Multilingualism in the North: From Baklava to Tre Kronor |
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