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Publication details [#60248]

Vandenbroucke, Mieke. 2015. Language visibility, functionality and meaning across various TimeSpace scales in Brussels' multilingual landscapes. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 36 (2) : 163–181.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

meaning, processing of | multilingualism | place deixis | sign | sociolinguistics

Language as a subject

Dutch | English | French

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Journal WWW

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

Annotation

This paper debates the ‘landscapes’ and various public signage displays of Brussels' three ‘big’ languages (French, English and Dutch) in three strategically-chosen areas, and the ‘ethnoscapes’ (Appadurai 1990) of their concomitant transnational tourist, immigrant and expat communities, applying the geographical notion of TimeSpace scales.