Jan Blommaert, linguistic landscapes and complexity

Pennycook, Alastair

doi:10.1075/ll.21003.pen

Obituary published In: Linguistic Landscape
Vol. 7:1 (2021) ► pp.2–5

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Obituary

Jan Blommaert, linguistic landscapes and complexity

Alastair Pennycook | University of Technology Sydney

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Published online: 24 February 2021

https://doi.org/10.1075/ll.21003.pen

Abstract

This tribute to the work of Jan Blommaert discusses his complex relation with the field of linguistic landscape studies. Blommaert was interested in the insights an understanding of the linguistic landscape could bring to better appreciate the ways people lived their diverse lives. This appreciation of the importance of his work focuses on his insistence on ethnographic work in order to understand complexity.

Keywords: ethnography, complexity, history, Blommaert

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