Aneta Pavlenko
Why diachronicity matters in the study of linguistic landscapes
Pavlenko, Aneta; Mullen, Alex
Abstract
It is commonly argued that the proliferation of urban writing known as linguistic landscapes represents “a thoroughly contemporary global trend” (Coupland, 2010: 78). The purpose of this paper is to show that linguistic landscapes are by no means modern phenomena and to draw on our shared interest in multilingual empires to highlight the importance of diachronic inquiry and productive dialog between sociolinguists of modern and ancient societies. We will argue that while signs do operate in aggregate, the common focus on all signs at a single point in time on one street is problematic because the interpretation of signs is diachronic in nature, intrinsically linked to the preceding signs in the same environment and to related signs elsewhere, and the process of reading “back from signs to practices to people” (Blommaert, 2013: 51) is not as unproblematic as it is sometimes made to look.
Citation
Pavlenko, A., & Mullen, A. (2015). Why diachronicity matters in the study of linguistic landscapes. Linguistic Landscape, 1(1-2), https://doi.org/10.1075/ll.1.1-2.07pav
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jan 15, 2015 |
Publication Date | Jun 26, 2015 |
Deposit Date | Aug 7, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Mar 29, 2024 |
Journal | Linguistic Landscape |
Print ISSN | 2214-9953 |
Electronic ISSN | 2214-9961 |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 1 |
Issue | 1-2 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1075/ll.1.1-2.07pav |
Keywords | Greek; Latin; Multilingualism; Roman Empire; Russian; diachronicity; epigraphy; indexicality; linguistic landscapes |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/753722 |
Publisher URL | http://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/ll.1.1-2.07pav |
Related Public URLs | http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/jbp/ll/2015/00000001/F0020001/art00008 |
Additional Information | Pavlenko, Aneta, Mullen, Alex: Why diachronicity matters in the study of linguistic landscapes, Linguistic Landscape: an international journal, v. 1, No. 1-2, 2015, pp. 114-132. |
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