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Metaphor

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A metaphor is a trope, or a figure of speech, that directly refers to one thing by mentioning features of another one; an object, or an idea, is viewed as a metaphor which offers people new ways of examining ideas and viewing the world.

ELLA 2.0

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ELLA stands for "Ethnographic Linguistic Landscape Analysis", and 2.0 points to the fact that offline signs are followed through to their online dimensions. ELLA 2.0 is, thus, online-offline Ethnographic Linguistic Landscape Analysis.

Linguistic landscape

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Linguistic landscape is an object of sociolinguistic analysis and comprises publicly visible language samples displayed in a certain area.

¡ toros vivos ! The semiotic landscape of Murcia

Article

Sjaak Kroon

16/10/2019

7 minutes to read

Bullfights are allowed again in Spain, even in Catalonia. In the Spanish city of Murcia, Sjaak Kroon discovered some traces of veganarchistic resistance against this example of Spanish cultural heritage.

Gender-neutral language use: hype or trend?

Article

Lisa Reijmers

02/06/2023

14 minutes to read

Gender-neutral language use is an increasingly accepted topic. This article dives into the origin of people’s desire to use of a more gender-neutral language.

What linguistic landscapes hide

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Jan Blommaert

26/02/2019

6 minutes to read

Offline linguistic landscapes hide a lot that only becomes overt when one traces these landscapes to their online extensions. It is by this move that we begin to get a grasp of the real complexity of "local" phenomena in a superdiverse world.

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Vietnamese advertisements in Massachusetts: A linguistic landscape analysis

Article

My Pham

Nhu Truong

Minh Anh Phan

31/03/2023

10 minutes to read

This article tries to give some descriptive and analytical information about the transformation of Vietnamese in America through a short linguistic landscape study of an online advertisement.

Asiana Superstore through the lens of linguistic landscaping

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Federica Morgandi

Idhuna Pastoor

Myrthe van Rens

Tim Hankart

Egle Talandyte

20/12/2018

12 minutes to read

Through linguistic landscaping, we see that Asiana Superstore reflects the superdiversity of a neighborhood in Tilburg.

Gender-neutral bathrooms: overkill or vital?

Article

Juliette Berndsen

Imke Spapens

Lea Goeron

Melissa Weij

19/12/2018

9 minutes to read

There is one thing we can find in every public place, school, university and workplace: bathrooms. But is it really necessary to introduce gender-neutral bathrooms?

On the freedom to protest

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Ana Deumert

26/11/2018

7 minutes to read

A recent South African court ruling ended the requirement to give notification to the authorities before setting up protest actions. Ana Deumert agrees and in this column she reflects on the right to protest as central to democratic citizenship.

Strijp-S: A Straight Line To Urban Rejuvenation

Paper

Vanda Vozarikova

14/09/2018

17 minutes to read

In his paper Strijp-S, an area in Eindhoven, is analyzed with regards to whether the innovation the area strives for is reflected in its linguistic landscape.