The Linguistic Landscape of the Mediterranean : French and Italian Coastal Cities

262 Pages·2015·3.463 MB·Language and globalization.

by  Blackwood, Robert J., Tufi, Stefania

Language and Globalization
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Titles include:
Michele Back
TRANSCULTURAL PERFORMANCE
Robert J. Blackwood and Stefania Tufi
THE LINGUISTIC LANDSCAPE OF THE MEDITERRANEAN
French and Italian Coastal Cities
David Block
MULTILINGUAL IDENTITIES IN A GLOBAL CITY
London Stories
Jan Blommaert, Sirpa Leppänen, Päivi Pahta and Tiina Räisänen (editors)
DANGEROUS MULTILINGUALISM
Northern Perspectives on Order, Purity and Normality
Jenny Carl and Patrick Stevenson (editors)
LANGUAGE, DISCOURSE AND IDENTITY IN CENTRAL EUROPE
The German Language in a Multilingual Space
Diarmait Mac Giolla Chrióst
LANGUAGE AND THE CITY
Elise DuBord
LANGUAGE, IMMIGRATION AND LABOR
Julian Edge (editor)
(RE)LOCATING TESOL IN AN AGE OF EMPIRE
John Edwards
CHALLENGES IN THE SOCIAL LIFE OF LANGUAGE
Aleksandra Galasińska and Michał Krzyżanowski (editors)
DISCOURSE AND TRANSFORMATION IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE
Roxy Harris
NEW ETHNICITIES AND LANGUAGE USE
Jane Jackson
INTERCULTURAL JOURNEYS
From Study to Residence Abroad
Helen Kelly-Holmes and Gerlinde Mautner (editors)
LANGUAGE AND THE MARKET
Grit Liebscher and Jennifer Dailey-O’Cain
LANGUAGE, SPACE AND IDENTITY IN MIGRATION
Clare Mar-Molinero and Patrick Stevenson (editors)
LANGUAGE IDEOLOGIES, POLICIES AND PRACTICES
Language and the Future of Europe
Clare Mar-Molinero and Miranda Stewart (editors)
GLOBALIZATION AND LANGUAGE IN THE SPANISH-SPEAKING WORLD
Macro and Micro Perspectives
Ulrike Hanna Meinhof and Dariusz Galasinski
THE LANGUAGE OF BELONGING
Richard C. M. Mole (editor)
DISCURSIVE CONSTRUCTIONS OF IDENTITY IN EUROPEAN POLITICS
Máiréad Moriarty
GLOBALIZING LANGUAGE POLICY AND PLANNING
An Irish Language Perspective
Máiréad Nic Craith
NARRATIVES OF PLACE, BELONGING AND LANGUAGE
Leigh Oakes and Jane Warren
LANGUAGE, CITIZENSHIP AND IDENTITY IN QUEBEC
Rani Rubdy and Selim Ben Said (editors)
CONFLICT, EXCLUSION AND DISSENT IN THE LINGUISTIC LANDSCAPE
Mario Saraceni
THE RELOCATION OF ENGLISH
Christina Slade and Martina Mollering (editors)
FROM MIGRANT TO CITIZEN: TESTING LANGUAGE, TESTING CULTURE
Colin Williams
LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN DEMOCRATIC CONTEXT
Colin Williams
MINORITY LANGUAGE PROMOTION, PROTECTION AND REGULATION
Also by Robert J. Blackwood
THE STATE, THE ACTIVISTS AND THE ISLANDERS
Language Policy on Corsica
Language and Globalization
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The Linguistic Landscape
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French and Italian Coastal Cities
Robert J. Blackwood and Stefania Tufi
University of Liverpool, UK
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Blackwood, Robert J. author.
The Linguistic Landscape of the Mediterranean : French and Italian coastal
cities / Robert J. Blackwood, University of Liverpool, UK; Stefania Tufi
University of Liverpool, UK.
pages cm. — (Language and Globalization)
1. Languages in contact—Mediterranean region. 2. Bilingualism—
Mediterranean Region. 3. Communication—Mediterranean Region.
4. Mediterrainean region—Languages. 5. Language and languages—
Globalization. I. Tufi, Stefania, 1963– author. II. Title.
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Contents
List of Figures and Tables x
Acknowledgements xiii
An Introduction to Mediterranean Linguistic Landscapes 1
The city as space, place, and symbol 1
Origins of public signage 2
LL studies and our contribution 3
Naming languages 8
Terms used in the course of this book 10
Methodology 12
Organization of the book 15
1 Sketching the Contexts: Italy and France 18
Introduction 18
Italy – polycentrism and linguistic diversity 19
Language policy in Italy 23
France – linguistic centrism 28
Language policy in France 33
Conclusion 38
2 The Linguistic Landscapes of the Ligurian Sea 41
Introduction 41
Nice: a historical overview 43
Nice: a sociolinguistic overview 44
The LL of Nice and Monaco 45
Italian in France 45
Nissart in the LL 49
Monaco: a historical overview 55
Monaco: a sociolinguistic overview 57
Monegasque in the LL 57
Genoa: a historical overview 59
Genoa: a sociolinguistic overview 60
The LL of Genoa 62
Genoese in the LL 63
Migrant languages in the LL 66
Conclusions 72
vii
viii Contents
3 Peripherality in the Border Areas:
Trieste and Northern Catalonia 75
Introduction 75
Friuli-Venezia Giulia and Trieste: a historical overview 76
Friuli-Venezia Giulia: a sociolinguistic overview 78
The surveys 81
Slovenian in the LL 82
Triestino in the LL 87
Northern Catalonia: a historical overview 89
Northern Catalonia: a sociolinguistic overview 90
The surveys 92
Catalan in the LL 93
Castilian in the LL 99
Conclusions 101
4 Insularity in the Linguistic Landscapes of Sicily,
Sardinia, and Corsica 104
Introduction 104
Sicily and Palermo: a historical overview 107
Sicily and Palermo: a sociolinguistic overview 110
Sicilian in the LL 113
Migrant languages in the LL 115
Sardinia and Cagliari: a historical overview 120
Sardinia and Cagliari: a sociolinguistic overview 123
Sardinian in the LL 125
Migrant languages in the LL 127
Corsica and Ajaccio: a historical overview 129
Corsica and Ajaccio: a sociolinguistic overview 132
Corsican in the LL 134
Other languages in the LL 138
Insularity as a resource: the commodification of tradition 141
Conclusions 146
5 Social Representations of Marseilles and Naples’
Linguistic Landscapes 149
Introduction 149
Social representation theory: frameworks and applications 150
The surveys 155
Provençal/Occitan in the LL 156
Arabic in the LL 161
Neapolitan in the LL 163
Migrant languages in the LL 170
Conclusions 175
Contents ix
6 Cosmopolitan Linguistic Landscapes of
the Mediterranean 178
English and the construction of cosmopolitan identities 178
Italy 179
France 183
‘English’ in the LL 186
‘English’ in the Italian LL 187
‘English’ in the French LL 195
Conclusions 202
7 Conclusions: The Transformative Power of
Emplaced Language 205
Introduction 205
National spaces 206
Regional spaces and localized identities 208
Transnational spaces and identities 210
English and cosmopolitan spaces 212
Notes 215
Bibliography 219
Index 240