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Mapping the linguistic landscapes of the Marshall Islands
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Abstract This paper examines code choices in the written linguistic landscape of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). Due to a history of language imposition, the Marshall Islanders have long been denied the opportunity to express their linguistic identity in the public domain. A recently proposed bil... mehr
This paper examines code choices in the written linguistic landscape of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). Due to a history of language imposition, the Marshall Islanders have long been denied the opportunity to express their linguistic identity in the public domain. A recently proposed bilingual language policy, which requires all public signs to be Marshallese-English bilingual, aims to change this status quo. We map language choices in the linguistic landscape of the RMI at the cusp of this policy with an eye on the stakeholders, production processes, and audiences involved in the creation and reception of the linguistic landscape. State-of-the-art geographical and regression analyses model the factors that govern code choices in the linguistic landscape of the RMI. Our findings allow us to pinpoint niches - both geographical as well as social - where the Marshallese assert their linguistic identity in the public realm.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Pazifischer Raum; Mikronesien; Sprache; kulturelle Identität; Ethnizität; Mehrsprachigkeit; öffentlicher Raum; Datengewinnung
Klassifikation
Kommunikationssoziologie, Sprachsoziologie, Soziolinguistik
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2017
Seitenangabe
S. 67-85
Zeitschriftentitel
Journal of Linguistic Geography, 5 (2017) 2
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1017/jlg.2017.4
ISSN
2049-7547
Status
Postprint; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 4.0