The Linguistic Landscape of Chinatown - A Sociolinguistic Ethnography

This book presents a sociolinguistic ethnography of the linguistic landscape of Chinatown in Washington, DC. The book sheds new light on the impact of urban development on traditionally ethnic neighbourhoods and discusses the various historical, social and cultural factors that contribute to this area's shifting linguistic landscape.

About the author

Jackie Jia Lou is Assistant Professor in the Department of English, City University of Hong Kong. Her main research interests are linguistic landscape, sociolinguistic ethnography, multimodal discourse analysis, and language, space and place. She is on the editorial board for Linguistic Landscapes: An International Journal.

Summary

This book presents a sociolinguistic ethnography of the linguistic landscape of Chinatown in Washington, DC. The book sheds new light on the impact of urban development on traditionally ethnic neighbourhoods and discusses the various historical, social and cultural factors that contribute to this area’s shifting linguistic landscape.

Product details

• Authors: Jackie Lou, Jackie Jia Lou
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781783095629
• ISBN: 978-1-78309-562-9
• No. of pages: 168
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 216 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 336 g
• Series: Encounters; Encounters
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures