Exploring the linguistic landscape: the case of the ‘Golden Triangle’ in the Algarve, Portugal
Studies of the linguistic landscape (LL) are concerned with language in its written form, in the public sphere; language that is visible to all through texts such as billboards and other public signs. The LL is such a taken-for-granted part of our everyday experience that its importance as a form of...
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| Formato: | conferenceObject |
| Idioma: | eng |
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2012
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| Texto completo: | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/1388 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Oai: | oai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/1388 |
| Resumo: | Studies of the linguistic landscape (LL) are concerned with language in its written form, in the public sphere; language that is visible to all through texts such as billboards and other public signs. The LL is such a taken-for-granted part of our everyday experience that its importance as a form of social practice is often overlooked. Taking a mixed methods approach to the case of the linguistic landscape of the ‘Golden Triangle’, an area of tourist resorts which is gradually becoming a residential area in the Algarve, Portugal, I suggest that the discursive construction of a place is partly achieved through the highly visible texts of the LL which may also impact upon the discursive construction of the collective identities of those who inhabit the place. |
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