Globalization has dramatically altered the urban societies of Amsterdam and Brussels over recent decades, with intensified socio-economic inequality, unprecedented levels of multilingualism and the increasing importance of English. In this paper, I examine the use of English in the linguistic landscape of socio-economically stratified commercial shopping streets in these two second-tier global cities. I adopt a market-oriented, contextualized approach to quantitative and qualitative variability in howEnglish emerges in these particular commercial linguistic markets'. McDonaldization in midscale shopping streets occurs alongside downscaleand upscale uses of English which are more susceptible to local commercial dynamics, in particular in Bru...
Our research topic is exploring English as a world language and specifically how it is being treated...
The present thesis is an empirical study of the linguistic landscape of selected streets in Stavang...
In this study we examine linguistic variation and its dependence on both social and geographic facto...
Globalization has dramatically altered the urban societies of Amsterdam and Brussels over recent dec...
This paper addresses the complex multilingual linguistic landscapes (LLs) of three strategically-cho...
The world-wide spread of English is one of the most visible symptoms of globalization. In weak conta...
This multidisciplinary study adopts econometric analysis for investigating how different characteris...
Source: Volume 11, Issue 2, pp 119 - 145This paper examines characteristics of the linguistic landsc...
Longitudinal ethnographic research in a superdiverse neighborhood in inner-city Antwerp (Belgium) sh...
The growing intrusion and use of English in the public spaces of the world’s cities alongside nation...
Longitudinal ethnographic research in a superdiverse neighborhood in inner-city Antwerp (Belgium) sh...
Contemporary research on the social meaning of variation has shown that in situation of language var...
Language is the main communication tool. Apart from being a means of communication, language also ha...
This paper focuses on the linguistic landscape of two streets in two multilingual cities in Frieslan...
This article analyses the sociolinguistic situation of Dutch and Brussels and identifies the challen...
Our research topic is exploring English as a world language and specifically how it is being treated...
The present thesis is an empirical study of the linguistic landscape of selected streets in Stavang...
In this study we examine linguistic variation and its dependence on both social and geographic facto...
Globalization has dramatically altered the urban societies of Amsterdam and Brussels over recent dec...
This paper addresses the complex multilingual linguistic landscapes (LLs) of three strategically-cho...
The world-wide spread of English is one of the most visible symptoms of globalization. In weak conta...
This multidisciplinary study adopts econometric analysis for investigating how different characteris...
Source: Volume 11, Issue 2, pp 119 - 145This paper examines characteristics of the linguistic landsc...
Longitudinal ethnographic research in a superdiverse neighborhood in inner-city Antwerp (Belgium) sh...
The growing intrusion and use of English in the public spaces of the world’s cities alongside nation...
Longitudinal ethnographic research in a superdiverse neighborhood in inner-city Antwerp (Belgium) sh...
Contemporary research on the social meaning of variation has shown that in situation of language var...
Language is the main communication tool. Apart from being a means of communication, language also ha...
This paper focuses on the linguistic landscape of two streets in two multilingual cities in Frieslan...
This article analyses the sociolinguistic situation of Dutch and Brussels and identifies the challen...
Our research topic is exploring English as a world language and specifically how it is being treated...
The present thesis is an empirical study of the linguistic landscape of selected streets in Stavang...
In this study we examine linguistic variation and its dependence on both social and geographic facto...