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Charity Hudley discusses the tendency for sociolinguists, etc, to “study down,” examining “people in statues lower than their own.” Then, in the next section, funding is discussed, but only briefly and only in […]

In what ways can you see the objectives of linguists involved in language documentation conflicting with the priorities of the speakers?What do you think might cause a speech community to harbor a distrust of […]

The readings for this week deal with social activism within sociolinguistics. Two major questions are debated: 1) How much of an activist role should sociolinguists take, and 2) What form should sociolinguistic […]

Although of the discussion of linguistic landscapes focuses on how they highlight what languages are valued in multilingual spaces, semiotic landscapes have significance beyond these factors. One example is the […]

Multilingual signage in Ridgewood, Queens. Photo by Meredith Hilliard

A seminal study by
Landry and Bourhis (1997) defines a “linguistic landscape” this
way:

“The
language of public road signs, adver […]

Linguistic and Semiotic Landscapes in the Context of Chinatown, San Fransico

As I have no real linguistic background, I don’t have a wide variety of experience to pull from to discuss these readings in c […]