The Linguistic Landscape of the Mediterranean

French and Italian Coastal Cities

Stefania Tufi, Robert J. Blackwood (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

246 Seiten

2015 | 1st ed. 2015
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-230-29098-3 (ISBN)

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This book explores the Linguistic Landscapes of ten French and Italian Mediterranean coastal cities. The authors address the national languages, the regional languages and dialects, migrant languages, and the English language, as they collectively mark the public space.

Robert J. Blackwood is Reader in French Sociolinguistics at the University of Liverpool, UK. His researches focuses on aspects of French sociolinguistics, including the position and status of Corsican, language policy, new media, language revitalization, and the Linguistic Landscape. He is Associate Editor of the journal Linguistic Landscapes. Stefania Tufi is Lecturer in Italian Studies at the University of Liverpool, UK. She has published on variationist sociolinguistics, minority languages, and the linguistic landscape. Her research interests include Italian sociolinguistics, particularly the linguistic landscape, minority languages, language policy, language variation and change, and Italian dialectology.

Introduction
1. Sketching the Context: France and Italy
2. Borders: The Ligurian Sea
3. Borders: The Gulfs of Trieste and Lion

4. The Islands: Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica
5. Cities: Marseilles and Naples
6. English in the Mediterranean
7. Conclusions: The Transformative Power of Emplaced Language

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.9.2015
Reihe/Serie	Language and Globalization
Zusatzinfo	XV, 246 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Romanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
	Naturwissenschaften
ISBN-10	0-230-29098-1 / 0230290981
ISBN-13	978-0-230-29098-3 / 9780230290983
Zustand	Neuware