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Band 129:: Mundt, Neele: Linguistic Landscapes and Multilingualism in Yaoundé, Cameroon. Sociolinguistic and socio-cognitive processes at work. XIV/288 S. - Berlin / Bern / Bruxelles / New York / Oxford / Warszawa / Wien: Lang, 2022.
ISBN: 978-3-631-87720-3

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Linguistic Landscape studies examine language(s) in public spaces. This study focuses on the interplay of language, space and sociocultural context: Yaoundé’s Linguistic Landscape is examined with respect to its multilingual and multimodal nature. Next to a sociolinguistic framework, a (socio)cognitive analysis is also put centre stage.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements		S. XI
List of abbreviations		S. XIII
Introduction		S. 1

1.	Cameroon’s colonial past and its present sociolinguistic situation: Language policy, diversity and the marginalisation of language	S. 11
2.	Approaching the linguistic landscape – LL tokens, and multimodality in the African context(s)	S. 37
3.	Setting the scene: The research site and methodology	S. 69
4.	Types of signs in the linguistic landscape: Towards a cognitive-function	S. 91
5.	Multilingualism and the linguistic landscape: Multilingual signs, language contact and translanguaging	S. 127
6.	Culture and the linguistic landscape: Local language use and other semiotic representations	S. 159
7.	Governmental signs and the linguistic landscape: The renegotiation of space, language policy implications and prototypicality	S. 187
8.	(Multilingual) advertisements and the role of English in Yaoundé’s linguistic landscape	S. 217
9.	Language in the linguistic landscape: A conclusion	S. 243

List of figures		S. 249
List of maps		S. 253
List of tables		S. 255
References		S. 257

Acknowledgements			S. XI
List of abbreviations			S. XIII
Introduction			S. 1

1.	Cameroon’s colonial past and its present sociolinguistic situation: Language policy, diversity and the marginalisation of language		S. 11
1.1.		Colonialism and its impact on contemporary Cameroon	S. 12
1.2.		Cameroon’s ethnolinguistic profile	S. 17
1.3.		Cameroon’s official language	S. 22
2.	Approaching the linguistic landscape – LL tokens, and multimodality in the African context(s)		S. 37
2.1.		The sign in linguistic landscape research	S. 38
2.2.		Trends in linguistic landscape research: From linguistic to multimodal landscape	S. 44
2.3.		African perspective(s) in linguistic landscape research	S. 51
2.4.		Multimodality in the public space	S. 56
3.	Setting the scene: The research site and methodology		S. 69
3.1.		Ethnic diversity and socio-economic status in Yaoundé	S. 70
3.2.		Studying the linguistic landscape: Data collection and documentation methods	S. 80
3.3.		Critical reflections	S. 88
4.	Types of signs in the linguistic landscape: Towards a cognitive-function		S. 91
4.1.		Structuring the “unstructured jungle”: Categorisations, classifications and approaches	S. 91
4.2.		Graffiti: Problematising the blend of form and function	S. 98
4.3.		A cognitive-functional framework to signs in the LL	S. 102
4.4.		Image-schematic representation of public signs	S. 106
5.	Multilingualism and the linguistic landscape: Multilingual signs, language contact and translanguaging		S. 127
5.1.		Urban spaces fostering language contact	S. 128
5.2.		Multilingualism in the public space	S. 131
5.3.		Translation as an approach to the multilingual linguistic landscape	S. 136
5.4.		Approaching multilingual writing: Code-switching and lexical borrowings or translanguaging	S. 145
6.	Culture and the linguistic landscape: Local language use and other semiotic representations		S. 159
6.1.		Approaching culture in Cameroon	S. 159
6.2.		The colonial impact on the discussion of tribe and ethnicity in Cameroon	S. 166
6.3.		Urban ethnicity and the cultural model of community	S. 170
6.4.		Ethnicity, culture and community in the linguistic landscape	S. 175
7.	Governmental signs and the linguistic landscape: The renegotiation of space, language policy implications and prototypicality		S. 187
7.1.		Public labels in the linguistic landscape	S. 188
7.2.		Infrastructural signs in the linguistic landscape	S. 199
8.	(Multilingual) advertisements and the role of English in Yaoundé’s linguistic landscape		S. 217
8.1.		The multilingual landscape of Yaoundé	S. 218
8.2.		The glocalisation of English in the linguistic landscape	S. 232
9.	Language in the linguistic landscape: A conclusion		S. 243
9.1.		Exploring the main findings	S. 243
9.2.		Policy suggestions	S. 245
9.3.		Avenues for future research	S. 247

List of figures			S. 249
List of maps			S. 253
List of tables			S. 255
References			S. 257

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