The presence of minority languages in linguistic landscapes in Amsterdam and Friesland (the Netherlands)

Bibliographic Data

ID4179604
AuthorsLoulou Edelman (Fontys University of Applied Sciences, corresponding author)
Year2014
Volume2014
Issue228
Publication date2014-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of the Sociology of Language (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0165-2516 • E-ISSN: 1613-3668
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/ijsl-2014-0003
OpenAlexW2326902126
LanguageEN
Citations received11

This article describes an investigation of linguistic landscapes in the Netherlands. By means of a detailed quantitative analysis, it explores the extent to which the linguistic landscape reflects the languages spoken by the speech community. The study took place in both the capital city of Amsterdam, which has many immigrants and foreign tourists, and in the province of Friesland, which is home to a Frisian-speaking minority. The main finding is that in the linguistic landscape in both field sites, Dutch and English prevail, whereas minority languages have a limited presence. Differences in the ethnolinguistic composition of Amsterdam and Friesland's populations are partly reflected in differences between the linguistic landscapes

Archaeology · Capital city · Economic geography · Geography · Immigration · Linguistic landscape · Linguistics · Minority language · Sociology · History · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Mathematics · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy

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