Linguistic Landscape in the City Book

Contributors

Introduction

Part 1: Linguistic Landscape Multilingualisms Monica Barni Barni, Monica

1 Linguistic Landscape and Language Vitality Monica Barni Barni, Monica 3

2 Language and Inter-language in Urban Irish and Japanese Linguistic Landscapes Carla Bagna Bagna, Carla 19

3 'The Holy Ark in the Street': Sacred and Secular Painting of Utility Boxes in the Public Domain in a Small Israeli Town Esther Ni Dhonnacha Dhonnacha, Esther Ni 37

Part 2: Top-down, Power and Reactions Yael Guilat Guilat, Yael

4 Decorating the City of Tel Aviv-Jaffa for its Centennial: Complementary Narratives via Linguistic Landscape Yael Guilat Guilat, Yael 57

5 Bloemfontein/Mangaung, 'City on the Move'. Language Management and Transformation of a Non-representative Linguistic Landscape Elana Shohamy Shohamy, Elana 74

6 Chinese on the Side: The Marginalization of Chinese in the Linguistic and Social Landscapes of Chinatown in Washington, DC Theodorus du Plessis Plessis, Theodorus du 96

7 Linguistic Landscape under Strict State Language Policy: Reversing the Soviet Legacy in a Regional Centre in Latvia Jia Jackie Lou Jia, Jackie Lou 115

8 Linguistic Landscape of Kyiv, Ukraine: A Diachronic Study Heiko F. Marten Marten, Heiko F. 133

Part 3: Benefits of Linguistic Landscape Aneta Pavlenko Pavlenko, Aneta

9 Life in the Garden of Eden: The Naming and Imagery of Residential Hong Kong Aneta Pavlenko Pavlenko, Aneta 153

10 Selling the City: Language, Ethnicity and Commodified Space Simone Yeung Yeung, Simone 182

11 Showing Seeing in the Korean Linguistic Cityscape Gabriella Modan Modan, Gabriella 199

Part 4: Perceptions of Passers-by David Malinowski Malinowski, David

12 Multilingual Cityscapes: Perceptions and Preferences of the Inhabitants of the City of Donostia-San Sebastian David Malinowski Malinowski, David 219

13 Linguistic Landscape in Mixed Cities in Israel from the Perspective of 'Walkers': The Case of Arabic Durk Gorter Gorter, Durk 235

14 Responses to the Linguistic Landscape in Memphis, Tennessee: An Urban Space in Transition Nira Trumper-Hecht Trumper-Hecht, Nira 252

Part 5: Multiculturalism in Linguistic Landscape Rebecca Todd Garvin Garvin, Rebecca Todd

15 Linguistic Landscape and Language Diversity in Strasbourg: The 'Quartier Gare' Rebecca Todd Garvin Garvin, Rebecca Todd 275

16 Marking France's Public Space: Empirical Surveys on Regional Heritage Languages in Two Provincial Cities Christine Hb1slot Hb1slot, Christine 292

17 Linguistic Landscape as Multi-layered Representation: Suburban Asian Communities in the Valley of the Sun Robert J. Blackwood Blackwood, Robert J. 307

18 Diaspora and Returning Diaspora: French-Hebrew and Vice-Versa Terrence G. Wiley Wiley, Terrence G. 326

Epilogue Miriam Ben-Rafael Ben-Rafael, Miriam 344

Index Miriam Ben-Rafael Ben-Rafael, Miriam 347