ISBN:
9781783095636
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (166 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Encounters v.6
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
306.44097529999999
Keywords:
Chinatown (Washington, D.C.) ; Social life and customs
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Electronic books
Abstract:
This book presents a sociolinguistic ethnography of the linguistic landscape of Chinatown in Washington, DC. The book sheds new light on the impact of urban development on traditionally ethnic neighbourhoods and discusses the various historical, social and cultural factors that contribute to this area's shifting linguistic landscape.
Abstract:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Conceptualizing Linguistic Landscape: Language, Space and Place -- Research on Linguistic Landscape: Towards an Ethnography of Representation -- Space, Place and Language: An Interdisciplinary Movement -- Locating the Linguist's Place -- Situating Linguistic Landscape in Time and Space: An Integrative Framework -- Situating Linguistic Landscape in Time: Nexus Analysis and Discourse Trajectories -- Summary -- 2 Approaching Chinatown: Background and Methodology -- An Integrative Research Design -- Summary -- 3 Chinatown as Heterotopia: Urban Revitalization Through Linguistic Landscape -- Geosemiotic Characteristics of Chinese Stores' Signage -- Geosemiotic Characteristics of Non-Chinese Stores' Signage -- Chinatown as Heterotopia -- Summary -- 4 Situating Linguistic Landscape in Time -- Text and History, History of Text: Tracing Discourse Trajectories on Multiple Timescales -- Changes in Chinatown Over a Century: People, Economy and Politics -- Civil Rights, Downtown Revitalization and the Re-making of Chinatown -- Chinatown Design Review: The Case of AT&T's Flagship Store Design -- Summary -- 5 Situating Linguistic Landscape in Space -- Contrast Between Ritual Place and Lived Place -- Chinatown: Tourist Destination or Ethnic Enclave? -- Linking Chinatown with China -- Summary -- 6 Conclusion and Reflection -- Practical Application of the Research Findings: The Researcher as Activist -- Theoretical Contributions -- Appendix A -- Appendix B -- Appendix C -- Appendix D -- References -- Index.
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