The Role of English in Shaping the Linguistic Landscape of Paris, Berlin and Kazan

Takhtarova, Svetlana; Kalegina, Tatiana; Yarullina, Farida

doi:10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.07.531

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“…Political, geographic, social and cultural community borders get crossed ever so often as people become part of the global employment market. Therefore it is essential to understand the mechanisms of change taking place in the cultural identities of migrants and recipient nations' representatives (Aristova, 2016;Takhtarova et al, 2015). This will be looking at definitions of cultural identity, study cultural identifiers and linguistic components making up its essence to answer the questions: The easiest way to define cultural identity would probably be to say that it means the feeling of belonging to a certain social or cultural group.…”

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Linguistics landscape: A cross culture perspective

Duizenberg

2020

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This paper was to aim in discussing the linguistic landscape. It was the visibility and salience of languages on public and commercial signs in a given territory or region (Landry and Bourhis 1997). The linguistic landscape has been described as being somewhere at the junction of sociolinguistics, sociology, social psychology, geography, and media studies. It is a concept used in sociolinguistics as scholars study how languages are visually used in multilingual societies, from large metropolitan centers to Amazonia. For example, some public signs in Jerusalem are in Hebrew, English, and Arabic (Spolsky and Cooper 1991, Ben-Rafael et al., 2006). Studies of the linguistic landscape have been published from research done around the world. The field of study is relatively recent; the linguistic landscape paradigm has evolved rapidly and while it has some key names associated with it, it currently has no clear orthodoxy or theoretical core.

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Linguistics landscape: A cross culture perspective

Duizenberg

2020

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“…This data is consistent with various previous studies that employ English to improve a company's image so that it is more acceptable and identifiable in the worldwide market. As a result, English is employed in this scenario for business purposes in order to make deals and gain access to global trades and marketplaces (Aristova, 2016;Takhtarova et al, 2015). As a result, finding a language that can convey the history about Sunan Ampel in the past is difficult.…”

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“…Lanza and Woldemariam (2014) show that the using of English language and cloning of internal brands are perceived as modernity and prestige by the local people in Ethiopia. At the same vein, in Khamis Mushait Saudi Arabia, people use English more frequent for all commercial purposes in the commercial zones (Alfaifi, 2015), and in three European cities: Paris (France), Berlin (Germany) and Kazan (the Republic of Tatarstan, Russian Federation), the same phenomenon exists that English takes an important role to catch up with globalization (Takhtarova et al, 2015).…”

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Multilingualism in Sunan Ampel Tomb Complex: A Linguistic Landscape Study

Nuswantara

Firdausiyah

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The present study focuses on the languages operating on the written signage that contribute directly to theformation of the linguistic landscape. The study chose Sunan Ampel Tomb in Surabaya, Indonesia, as one ofthe sites that has become a heritage conservation due to the history hidden in the site. This site is a part of the other sites in a series leading to the history of nine saints (Wali Songo) who brought Islam to Indonesia through one of the islands, Java. The study aimed at describing the linguistic landscape of the site to help learn about the languages operating on the signage found in Sunan Ampel Tomb complex and the hidden history leading to multilingual multilingualism in the area. By using a direct observation and interview to gather the data,the study informs that the sites are typically dominated with Indonesian language operating in monolingualsignage. Despite a few in number, the multilingual signage can still be found to depict several languages including English, Arabic, and Indonesian language. The domination of Bahasa Indonesian demonstrates the implementation of policy for using the language as the national language. While English and Arabic are used for the business purpose. The study also discovers the characteristics of the language displaying on the signage from the size of the fonts. In conclusion, linguistic landscape in Sunan Ampel Tomb describes the history of how the saint brought Islam to the society. Arabic artifacts stereotyping Islam existence can hardly be found here, and it becomes a proof the saint taught Islam without trying to change the already existing customs, cultures, and languages as well.

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