Chinatown in Washington, DC

The bilingual landscape

Bibliographic Data

ID2269099
AuthorsJackie Jia Lou (0000-0002-6931-3756, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume31
Issue1
Pages34-47
Publication date2012-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueWorld Englishes (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0883-2919 • E-ISSN: 1467-971X
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-971x.2011.01740.x
OpenAlexW1599286038
LanguageEN
Citations received21
References cited12

Originated as a new approach to multilingualism, research on linguistic landscapes has typically focused on the varieties of language inscribed on the surface of a particular place. As this original conceptualization and its associated methodology have not always sufficed to capture the sociolinguistic complexities of contemporary urban environments, recent researchers have called for a more contextualized approach to linguistic landscapes. Drawing on Lefebvre and Scollon and Scollon, this paper suggests that the linguistic landscapes might be considered with reference to a triadic model of place and spatial representation. This model is applied to reevaluate the bilingual landscape of Washington DC's Chinatown, with a particular focus on the multiple roles played by the English language in shaping and navigating the multilingual environment

Archaeology · Chinatown · Conceptualization · Focus (optics · Inscribed figure · Linguistic landscape · Linguistics · Multilingualism · Political science · Representation (politics · Sociology · History · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy

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