Affiliation:
1. Prince of Songkla University
Abstract
Abstract
Analysis of signage has traditionally represented a point of entry into examinations of language policy, with the
visibility of different languages seen to be potentially indicative of repression of multilingualism, of struggles between
different language regimes or of grass-roots resistance to top-down agendas. This paper argues for a more discursive approach to
the nexus between linguistic landscape and language policy in investigations of multilingual spaces. I present two case studies of
the interaction between language policy and linguistic landscape in the southern Thai city of Hat Yai, the first examining part of
the central commercial district and the second the cafeteria of the main university located in the city. The findings highlight
numerous points of interaction between language policy and public signage, though they also underline the complex and sometimes
tenuous nature of this relationship.
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
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