English Depiction of Given-New Information in Business-Scape in Padang: a Linguistic Landscape Exploration
Kamelia Sari,
NFN Oktavianus,
NFN Zulprianto
et al.
Abstract:This study aims at revealing English representation on the business signboards in some business centers in Padang. This research is a qualitative descriptive study that helps researchers to have a thorough analysis of the data. Linguistic landscape and visual semiotics theories proposed by Landry and Bourhis, Kress and van Leeuwen, and Scollon and Scollon are applied to discuss the results. The visual semiotics theory is specified for only composition, especially given and new composition. The study finds that… Show more
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