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Thurlow, Crispin – International Journal of Multilingualism, 2019
In the way of commentary, I offer a brief, summative reflection on the complex, multifarious nature of people's semiotic engagements in and with space. Against the backdrop of three snapshot case studies, I suggest there are actually few neat boundaries to be drawn between the linguistic and non-linguistic, between the semiotic and the spatial,…
Descriptors: Semiotics, Case Studies, Creativity, German
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Phillipson, Robert; Skutnabb-Kangas, Tove – TESOL Quarterly, 1996
Examines the role of English worldwide and introduces paradigms: a "diffusion-of-English paradigm" and an "ecology-of-language paradigm." Discussion of the two paradigms in light of recent tendencies within the European Union, the postcommunist states, and the international arena emphasizes the alliance between language…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, English (Second Language), Language Attitudes, Language Planning
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Tsou, Benjamin K. – Current Issues in Language and Society, 1996
Presents details of the language shifts among the various sections of the Chinese-speaking population in Hong Kong and analyzes patterns of allegiance. Notes that complex social, economic, and political pressures will affect future language in Hong Kong and that, within the domains of family, work, and others, the use of Modern Standard Chinese is…
Descriptors: Cantonese, Change Agents, Chinese, Economic Factors