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Publication details [#56459]

Kasanga, Luanga A. 2012. Mapping the linguistic landscape of a commercial neighbourhood in Central Phnom Penh. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 33 (6) : 553–576.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

ethnolinguistics | language dominance | language politics | language use | multilingualism

Language as a subject

English | French | Khmer

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

Exploring distributional sign patterns in the linguistic landscape of a Phonm Penh commercial district, this study explains Cambodia's swift ‘multilingualisation’ and the rise of English in the graphic context and in socio-economic activities.