Power, Affect, and Identity in the Linguistic Landscape

Chinese Communities in Australia and Beyond

AvXiaofang Yao

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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Uncovering the complexity of linguistic diversity and semiotic creativity, this book examines the issues of power, affect, and identity in both physical and digital linguistic landscapes.Based on fieldwork with various Chinese communities in Australia, the book offers unique insights into the uses of languages, semiotic resources, and material objects in public spaces, and discusses the motives and ideologies that underline these linguistic and semiotic practices. Each chapter frames the sociolinguistic issue emerging from the linguistic landscape under investigation and shows readers how the personal trajectories of individuals, the availability of semiotic resources, and the historicity of spaces collectively shape the meanings of publicly displayed language items in offline and online spaces. Supported by a wealth of interviews, media, and archival data, the book not only advances readers’ understanding of how linguistic landscape is structured by various historical, political, and sociocultural factors, but also enables them to reimagine the linguistic landscape through the lens of emerging digital methods.This book is an ideal resource for researchers, advanced undergraduates, and graduate students of applied linguistics and sociolinguistics who are interested in the latest advances in linguistic landscape research within virtual and material contexts.Chapter 2 of this book is freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

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Utgivningsdatum:2024-12-13
Mått:156 x 234 x 15 mm
Vikt:510 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics
Antal sidor:180
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9781032341064

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Xiaofang Yao is Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong. Her research interests include linguistic and semiotic landscapes, multilingualism, and digital humanities. She particularly focuses on the intersection of language, culture, and space as they relate to the Chinese diaspora and ethnic minorities.

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“The book makes a significant contribution to linguistic landscape (LL) scholarship by presenting an empirically informed account of heterogeneity within the Chinese diaspora in Australia. It advances the field by conceptualising linguistic landscapes as dynamic sites where power, affect, and identity are produced through material, spatial, and semiotic practices across public and digital domains, thereby extending LL research into the lived realities of diasporic experience.”- Shaitan Alexandra, Chuo University, BAAL News Issue 127 Spring 2026, p.36-37“Through rigorous ethnography and bold theorisation, Yao offers a study that will influence linguistic landscape research for years to come and serve as a key reference for those interested in the semiotics of place in a posthuman era” - Ge Song, The Education University of Hong Kong, Journal of Asia Pacific Communication“[T]he book effectively bridges theoretical insights and empirical research by demonstrating nuanced approaches to analysing signs through the lenses of the three sociolinguistic factors”- Yuxuan Mu, University of South Florida, Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development“Throughout the book, Yao’s sensitive treatment of the heterogeneity within the Chinese community demonstrates the strength of her insider perspective and critical transnational approach.”- Ashley Wenjing Xing, Linguistic Landscape: An International Journal

Innehållsförteckning

1. Situating power, affect, and identity in the linguistic landscape 2. Theoretical perspectives on the linguistic landscape: Geosemiotics, sociolinguistics of globalisation, and metrolingualism 3. Affect in the linguistic landscape: Conviviality and nostalgia in urban and rural ethnic restaurants 4. Power in the linguistic landscape: Tourism and commodification as revitalisation of cultural heritage 5. Identity in the linguistic landscape: Metrolingualism at the online-offline nexus 6. Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the linguistic landscape: An agenda for critical digital literacy 7. Transcending boundaries in the linguistic landscape: Towards collaborative, participatory, and empowering research