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Article published In: Multilingual Landscapes and the Construction of Community
Edited by Leonie Gaiser and Yaron Matras
[Linguistic Landscape 6:2] 2020
► pp. 109–127

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Defining the position of ‘community’ in the study of linguistic landscapes

 | University of Manchester
 | University of Manchester
Published online: 14 July 2020
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https://doi.org/10.1075/ll.19028.gai
Abstract
This special issue explores how multilingual (and semiotic) landscapes relate to constructions of community. With the present introduction we aim to embed theoretical notions of ‘community’ into the study of Linguistic Landscapes (henceforth LL). We first discuss how the notion of ‘community’ has been applied in previous LL research, and then introduce some relevant theoretical notions of ‘community’, which, in the final part, we seek to position in relation to an agenda for the study of LL.
Article outline
  • 1.LL and ‘community’
  • 2.From speech community to community of practice
  • 3.Ethnographic and sociological approaches to community
  • 4.Implications for the study of LL, and the present collection
  • References
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