The Communicative Linguistic Landscape: Production Formats and Designed Environments Wee Lionel
The Communicative Linguistic Landscape: Production Formats and Designed Environments Wee Lionel How exactly do linguistic landscapes communicate and what theoretical significance might follow from…
Specifikacia The Communicative Linguistic Landscape: Production Formats and Designed Environments Wee Lionel
The Communicative Linguistic Landscape: Production Formats and Designed Environments Wee Lionel
How exactly do linguistic landscapes communicate and what theoretical significance might follow from such an inquiry? The information to be conveyed is typically designed as a piece of signage to be emplaced at the site. This book addresses these questions by taking as its starting point the insight that the individual or organisation that is responsible for the production of a sign may not be physically present at the landscape itself.
This raises the possibility of a disruption to the sign and its placement in the landscape. Drawing on Goffman's notion of a production format, the book argues that the constructed piece of sign and its intended placement within the landscape combine to constitute an animator complex. The book describes various ways in which the integrity of the animator complex can be disrupted (e.g.
the sign may be moved out of place through vandalism or acts of