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Language Change and Multilingualism in an Ethnic City in China: A Diachronic Linguistic Landscape Perspective

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Jiazhou Yao; Peng Nie; Liuyan Zhou – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2025

This study adopts an apparent-time diachronic linguistic landscape (LL) approach to investigate the vitality of an ethnic minority language in China, namely the Nuosu Yi ([foreign characters omitted]). Diachronic LL research is concerned with changes in language use on signage over time. It provides insights into phenomena such as language shift,…

Descriptors: Multilingualism, Diachronic Linguistics, Ethnic Groups, Language Minorities