Kielimaiseman vaikutus maahanmuuttajien liikkuvuuteen pääkaupunkiseudulla

Hellén, Anna Emilia

doi:10.30663/ay.71010

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“…. The choice of language on signs in urban spaces is also a question of accessibility, as shown in studies on how easy it is for someone who does not know the local language(s) or English to become oriented in a city (Hellén 2019).…”

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Sociolinguistic Variation in Urban Linguistic Landscapes

Henricson,

Syrjälä,

Bagna

et al. 2024

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This book is about how urban linguistic landscapes reflect and create sociolinguistic, societal and urban dynamics, and how these relations can be scientifically explored. Focusing on the linguistic landscapes of selected cities in northern and southern Europe, it sheds light on how urban areas with diverse profiles differ, and how the linguistic landscapes change through tourism and migration, or in times of crisis. The chapters put forward sophisticated and novel ways of approaching urban sociolinguistics and they enhance understanding of the challenges and opportunities included in the study of sociolinguistic variation in these linguistic landscapes. The book is targeted at scholars in the field of urban sociolinguistics and those wishing to approach the subject through the lens of linguistic landscapes. It also gives interesting suggestions to people involved in language planning and policy reflection, as well as those engaged in urban redevelopment planning. Last but not least, it offers theoretical and methodological guidance to students and researchers in a variety of disciplines.

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Section: Inclusion and Exclusionmentioning

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Sociolinguistic Variation in Urban Linguistic Landscapes

Henricson,

Syrjälä,

Bagna

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“…Swedish is often diminished in relation to Finnish [30]. The linguistic landscape may be (in)accessible for people with a foreign background [11]. The implications of COVID-19 on language concern, e.g., information about the current tendencies in medicine, wearing masks, learning and teaching, and communication [7; 16; 19].…”

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Flexibility in the linguistic landscape during the pandemic: tourism services in Helsinki

Protassova

2023

Pskov Journal of Regional Studies

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tourism linguistic landscape in Helsinki has changed. Travel restrictions and safety measures have reduced the number of tourists visiting the city, and as a result, there were fewer multilingual signs and advertisements. Additionally, businesses catering to tourists, such as hotels and restaurants, have closed or reduced their operations. The present research is a combination of tourism and linguistic landscape studies, as well as of investigations into the consequences of the pandemic. The goal is to research how the tourism-oriented companies have adjusted their activities to the new situation linguistically and what their motivation has been, with a focus on the most salient languages in tourism scene of Helsinki. It also investigates what constitutes good language use strategy when a major proportion of foreign clients disappears. The international language English was used more than the other foreign languages but still less than before, and Finnish and Swedish, the two national languages of Finland, took partly its place. The study showed that companies have started to direct their marketing towards domestic travellers. The use of Finnish has increased more than Swedish, whereas the use of foreign languages has decreased.

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Kielimaiseman vaikutus maahanmuuttajien liikkuvuuteen pääkaupunkiseudulla

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Sociolinguistic Variation in Urban Linguistic Landscapes

Sociolinguistic Variation in Urban Linguistic Landscapes

Flexibility in the linguistic landscape during the pandemic: tourism services in Helsinki

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