Lionel Wee

The Communicative Linguistic Landscape

Production Formats and Designed Environments

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book addresses how linguistic landscapes communicate and what theoretical significance might follow by taking as its starting point the insight that the individual or organization that is responsible for the production of a sign may not be physically present at the landscape itself.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 302g
• ISBN-13: 9780367701031
• ISBN-10: 0367701030
• Artikelnr.: 65612923

Autorenporträt

Lionel Wee is a Provost's Chair Professor in the Department of English Language & Literature, and Vice- Dean (Research Division) at the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, National University of Singapore. He sits on the editorial boards of Applied Linguistics, Elements: World Englishes, English World-Wide, International Journal of the Sociology of Language, Journal of Sociolinguistics, Multilingualisms and Diversities in Education, and Studies in World Language Problems, among others. His research interests include language policy, World Englishes and general issues in sociolinguistics and pragmatics. His most recent book is Language, Space, and Cultural Play: Theorizing Affect in the Semiotic Landscape (2019, with Robbie Goh). He is currently working on a book about posthumanist World Englishes.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: The Communicative Landscape 2. The Production Formats of
Linguistic Landscapes 3. Animators: Four Different Types 4. Epigraphs and
the Emotional Labour of Linguistic Landscapes 5. Graffiti and the
Ratification of Animators 6. Social Movements 7. The Intelligent Landscape
8. Conclusion: The Rise of the Animators