The Bloomsbury Handbook of Linguistic Landscapes

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Presenting a detailed examination of the origins, evolutions, and state-of-the-art of linguistic landscape research, The Bloomsbury Handbook of Linguistic Landscapes is a comprehensive guide to the to the burgeoning field of linguistic landscapes and the study of meaning and interpretation in public spaces and settings. Providing a thorough synopsis of the theories, methodologies, and objects of study which vary linguistic landscape research across the world, this book is the ideal companion for both new and experienced readers interested in the processes of communication in public spaces across diverse settings and from a broad range of perspectives. Through a wide range of case studies and original research, the handbook highlights the global reach of linguistic landscape theories and practices. Scrutinising an array of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methodological approaches for analysing a wide spectrum of meaning-making phenomena, it investigates semiosis in contexts ranging from graffiti and street signs to tattoos and literature, visible across a variety of sites, including city centres, rural settings, schools, protest marches, museums, war-torn landscapes, and the internet.

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Robert Blackwood is Professor of French Sociolinguistics at the University of Liverpool, UK, co-editor of the journal Linguistic Landscape, co-editor of Multilingual Memories (Bloomsbury Academic, 2020) and co-author of The Linguistic Landscape of the Mediterranean (2015). Stefania Tufi is Senior Lecturer of Modern Languages and Cultures at the University of Liverpool, UK, co-editor of Reterritorializing Linguistic Landscapes (Bloomsbury Academic, 2020) and co-author of The Linguistic Landscape of the Mediterranean (2015). Will Amos is Assistant Professor of French at the University of Warwick, UK.