Mapping the itineraries of semiotic artefacts in the linguistic landscape of protest

The case of shields in Venezuela

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ID2865244
AuthorsJessica Velásquez Urribarrí (0000-0002-1683-9615, La Trobe University, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume51
Issue5
Pages749-773
Publication date2022-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage in Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0047-4045 • E-ISSN: 1469-8013
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0047404522000653
OpenAlexW4309770235
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited23

This study explores the emergence and developments through time of a semiotic artefact, the shield, used by demonstrators in violent anti-government protests in contemporary Venezuela. Drawing on the concept of discourse itineraries (Scollon 2008), the material and semiotic transformations this artefact underwent are mapped through various protest cycles, whilst considering the semiotic enrichment of century-long traditions of shields that inform the various functions they play within current day itineraries. The study concludes by discussing the advantages of using the concept of discourse itineraries for understanding moments in the life cycle of semiotic artefacts in the linguistic landscape and outlines future opportunities to expand the analysis of shields beyond the Venezuelan case. (Linguistic landscape of protest, discourse itineraries, semiotic artefact, shields, Venezuela

Linguistic landscape · Linguistics · Semiotics · Shield · Shields · Sociology · Cultural and political discourse analysis · Discourse Analysis in Language Studies · Geology · Philosophy · Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies

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