Multiple Globalizations: Linguistic Landscapes in World-Cities

by Eliezer Ben-Rafael and Miriam Ben-Rafael

This work studies aspects of the symbolic construction of public spaces by means of linguistic resources (i.e. linguistic landscapes or LLs) in a number of world-cities. The sociology of language leads us to this field and to study the intermingling impacts of globalization, the national principle and multiculturalism - each one conveying its own distinct linguistic markers: international codes, national languages and ethnic vernaculars. Eliezer and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 900467747X
• ISBN13: 9789004677470
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 238 Pages