"This book provides an overview of how the field of Linguistic Landscape Studies has emerged and developed over the past 20 years, combined with an in-depth exploration of the theoretical approaches, innovative research methods and major themes that...
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"This book provides an overview of how the field of Linguistic Landscape Studies has emerged and developed over the past 20 years, combined with an in-depth exploration of the theoretical approaches, innovative research methods and major themes that have been central to this dynamic area of research"--
Introduction: Captivating studies of language in public spaces -- History: early stages of an emerging field -- Theoretical approaches: a range of perspectives -- Research methods: quantitative and qualitative approaches -- Photography and other distinctive research methods -- Multilingualism is all around us -- The visibility of minority languages -- The influence of language policies -- English can be seen everywhere -- Educational contexts -- What's in the names -- Expanding the field of view.
