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Sign-genres, authentication, and emplacement: The signage of Thai restaurants in Hamburg, Germany.
- Source :
- Linguistic Landscape: An International Journal (LL); 2021, Vol. 7 Issue 2, p204-234, 31p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- This paper asks how language and other semiotic resources are deployed in the semiotic landscape of Thai restaurants in the city of Hamburg, Germany. Based on detailed multimodal analysis of signage in twelve restaurants, this study draws on both established and underexplored topics in Linguistic Landscape scholarship, including the analysis of sign-genres, the distinction between communicative and symbolic functions of signs, the role of language choice in authenticating place, and the emplacement of signs in the semiotic landscape. A scheme for the classification of restaurant signs by discourse function and emplacement is proposed. The findings suggest that the analytical distinctions between inside and outside space as well as primary and secondary signs are useful for the study of restaurants and other commercial semiotic spaces. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- THAI restaurants
LINGUISTIC landscapes
SIGNAGE
LANDSCAPE painting
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 22149953
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Linguistic Landscape: An International Journal (LL)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 150925660
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1075/ll.20011.and