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Linguistic Landscape in the Spanish-speaking World
Edited by Patricia Gubitosi and Michelle F. Ramos Pellicia
[Issues in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics 35] 2021
► pp. 19–44

Chapter 1
Language use and identity negotiation in the linguistic landscape of Chipilo, Mexico

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This is the first study exploring the characteristics of the Linguistic Landscape of Chipilo, a town of an immigrant community of Italian origin in Mexico, which has maintained its language and ethnic identity over six generations. The linguistic landscape (hereafter: LL) marks the geographical space inhabited by Chipileños and reflects the relation among the languages used (Spanish, Veneto, Italian and English). Its distinctive trait is the combination of textual items with the typical sounds, smells and tastes that can be perceived in the streets of the town. The multisensory LL creates a unique ambience and contributes to the symbolic construction of a distinct public space and the promotion of the collective ethnic identity within the community in relation to other groups.

Keywords: linguistic landscape, Chipilo, identity, Italian immigrant community, multisensory landscape
Article outline
  • Introduction
  • Theoretical framework
  • Chipilo, a brief sociolinguistic background
  • Methodology
  • Results
    • Official signs
    • Nonofficial signs
    • Nonofficial signs in Veneto and Spanish
    • Italian in the linguistic landscape of Chipilo
    • Nonofficial signs in Italian and Spanish
    • English in the linguistic landscape of Chipilo
    • The interanimation of various -scapes in Chipilo
  • Conclusions
  • References
Published online: 29 July 2021
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