Christopher Lees
Biographic Data
| ID | 7502115 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher Lees |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher |
| FAMILY NAME | Lees |
| SIGNATURE | LEES C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3178-0447 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Linguistic Landscapes: What we have learned and where we are headed
By: Christopher Lees ARTICLE INFO: Volume: 10 Issue: 01:Summer 2024 ISSN: 2459-2943 DOI: 10.18680/hss.2024.0014 Pages: 249-256 Lic.: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Durk Gorter and Jasone Cenoz, 2024 A Panorama of Linguistic Landscape Studies Bristol: Multilingual Matters (xv+452pp), 2024 ISBN 9781800417144 (hbk), 9781800417137 (pbk), 9781800417168 (epub), Open Access Download full text: PDF
Language practices and identity construction on Facebook in the aftermath of Brexit: The case of a group of British migrants in Greece applying for Greek citizenship
This article examines the digital language practices in a Facebook group of seven British migrants, who live in Greece and have applied for Greek citizenship, throughout March 2021, in the aftermath of the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union. More specifically, it uses online ethnography to analyse the ways with which group members use language and construct identity through their public posts and comments. Although research int…
Translating politeness on public notices with a directive function in Thessaloniki: A cross-cultural perspective
This paper examines notices with a directive function that have been translated from Greek into English in the public spaces of Thessaloniki. In particular, it explores the ways in which Greek politeness is expressed and how this politeness is rendered in the English translation of the original Greek texts. The paper uses photographic data collected in 2020. Using Brown and Levinson’s (1987) concept of face, the methodology used is a combination …
A sociolinguistic approach to the concept of translation ‘error’ in non-professional translation settings: The translation landscape of Thessaloniki
This paper proposes a sociolinguistic approach to understanding the phenomenon of divergence from the standard norms of English that can be observed in public texts in the Greek city of Thessaloniki’s translation landscape. This approach fits in with the growing body of research that recognises that not all translations are carried out by professional translators. Certainly in the case of Thessaloniki, translations are typically carried out by no…
The translation landscape of Thessaloniki’s Kastra neighbourhood: Qualitative findings from a cross-disciplinary approach to translated texts in public spaces
The purpose of this article is to investigate several key sociolinguistic aspects of texts that have been translated from Greek into English in public spaces in the Kastra neighbourhood of Thessaloniki. It approaches these translations through a sociolinguistic lens, drawing from the ethnographic methodology used in studies of linguistic landscapes, whilst also taking into account the need to combine approaches from the sociological turn in Trans…
Racist discourse in the years of the Greek financial crisis: Evidence from the Greek press
In the wake of Greece’s economic crisis, expressions and acts of racism have become noticeably more prevalent, particularly in light of the rise of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party. Two significant topics in public discourse that gave rise to expressions of racism were the amendment of the Greek citizenship law, which came into effect in 2010 and was heavily debated in the run up to the 2012 Greek general elections, as well as the perceived increas…
Roman-alphabeted Greek and transliteration in the digital language practices of Greek secondary school pupils on Facebook
This article highlights the uses of Roman-alphabeted Greek as observed in the language practices of fifteen Greek secondary school pupils on their Facebook profiles. We argue that far from the use of Latin alphabet posing a threat to the Greek language, as it is often described, Roman-alphabeted Greek merely forms part of teenagers’ digital communication exchanges. Furthermore, our data point to a clear preference for using the Greek script as op…
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Roman-alphabeted Greek and transliteration in the digital language practices of Greek secondary school pupils on Facebook
This article highlights the uses of Roman-alphabeted Greek as observed in the language practices of fifteen Greek secondary school pupils on their Facebook profiles. We argue that far from the use of Latin alphabet posing a threat to the Greek language, as it is often described, Roman-alphabeted Greek merely forms part of teenagers’ digital communication exchanges. Furthermore, our data point to a clear preference for using the Greek script as op…
Racist discourse in the years of the Greek financial crisis: Evidence from the Greek press
In the wake of Greece’s economic crisis, expressions and acts of racism have become noticeably more prevalent, particularly in light of the rise of the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party. Two significant topics in public discourse that gave rise to expressions of racism were the amendment of the Greek citizenship law, which came into effect in 2010 and was heavily debated in the run up to the 2012 Greek general elections, as well as the perceived increas…
The translation landscape of Thessaloniki’s Kastra neighbourhood: Qualitative findings from a cross-disciplinary approach to translated texts in public spaces
The purpose of this article is to investigate several key sociolinguistic aspects of texts that have been translated from Greek into English in public spaces in the Kastra neighbourhood of Thessaloniki. It approaches these translations through a sociolinguistic lens, drawing from the ethnographic methodology used in studies of linguistic landscapes, whilst also taking into account the need to combine approaches from the sociological turn in Trans…
A sociolinguistic approach to the concept of translation ‘error’ in non-professional translation settings: The translation landscape of Thessaloniki
This paper proposes a sociolinguistic approach to understanding the phenomenon of divergence from the standard norms of English that can be observed in public texts in the Greek city of Thessaloniki’s translation landscape. This approach fits in with the growing body of research that recognises that not all translations are carried out by professional translators. Certainly in the case of Thessaloniki, translations are typically carried out by no…
Linguistic Landscapes: What we have learned and where we are headed
By: Christopher Lees ARTICLE INFO: Volume: 10 Issue: 01:Summer 2024 ISSN: 2459-2943 DOI: 10.18680/hss.2024.0014 Pages: 249-256 Lic.: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Durk Gorter and Jasone Cenoz, 2024 A Panorama of Linguistic Landscape Studies Bristol: Multilingual Matters (xv+452pp), 2024 ISBN 9781800417144 (hbk), 9781800417137 (pbk), 9781800417168 (epub), Open Access Download full text: PDF
Language practices and identity construction on Facebook in the aftermath of Brexit: The case of a group of British migrants in Greece applying for Greek citizenship
This article examines the digital language practices in a Facebook group of seven British migrants, who live in Greece and have applied for Greek citizenship, throughout March 2021, in the aftermath of the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union. More specifically, it uses online ethnography to analyse the ways with which group members use language and construct identity through their public posts and comments. Although research int…
Translating politeness on public notices with a directive function in Thessaloniki: A cross-cultural perspective
This paper examines notices with a directive function that have been translated from Greek into English in the public spaces of Thessaloniki. In particular, it explores the ways in which Greek politeness is expressed and how this politeness is rendered in the English translation of the original Greek texts. The paper uses photographic data collected in 2020. Using Brown and Levinson’s (1987) concept of face, the methodology used is a combination …
Sociology (6 works) · Linguistics (5 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Citizenship (2 works) · Digital Communication and Language (2 works) · Ethnography (2 works)