Language, Borders and Identity

by Dominic Watt and Carmen Llamas

Book Overview

This book sets out to encompass a broad, geographically diverse spectrum of border contexts, and to illustrate a representative range of methodological approaches used by researchers in the field. Political borders that divide monoglossic and heteroglossic territories are examined, as are regional and local borders. Symbolic borders, which may for example be encoded in the semiotic manipulation of the linguistic landscape, are also considered...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748669779
• ISBN13: 9780748669776
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"