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Publication details [#66858]

Buckingham, Louisa. 2019. Migration and ethnic diversity reflected in the linguistic landscape of Costa Rica’s Central Valley. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development 40 (9) : 759–773.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
advertising | commercial language | linguistic landscape | migration | multilingualism | sign
Place, Publisher
Routledge
Journal WWW
www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/onlinej.asp

Annotation

This study uses an ethnographic linguistic landscape approach to explore the occurrence of foreign languages and cultural references on commercial signage, focusing on the three provinces with the highest proportion of foreign-born migrant inhabitants in Costa Rica.