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A View of Linguistic Landscapes for an Ethical and Critical Education

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Galician Migrations: A Case Study of Emerging Super-diversity

Part of the book series: Migration, Minorities and Modernity ((MMMO,volume 3))

Abstract

The research described in this chapter is intended to contribute to a critical and inclusive language education in multilingual contexts resulting from migration. Our results demonstrate the visibility and invisibility of languages and their varieties in and around a secondary school in Arteixo (Galicia) and permit us to analyze, from a qualitative and emic perspective, youth perceptions, and values concerning linguistic diversity in these new multilingual contexts. Our analysis also reveals evidence of the ways in which languages are distributed and commodified in the linguistic landscape of the town, and how prejudices concerning local language varieties and migrant languages are rooted in a community that has naturalized the de-capitalization of local and authentic voices. In particular, the hegemony of English and the capitalization of standard language varieties are visible in the linguistic landscape, and they influence young people’s language ideologies.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    The concept of glocalization emerges when local and specific elements interact with global ones (Bolívar Botín 2001, p. 269).

  2. 2.

    This work formed part of the research project “Linguistic superdiversity in periurban areas: A scalar analysis of sociolinguistic processes and the development of metalinguistic awareness in multilingual classrooms” (FFI2016-76425-P), supported by a grant from the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitivity.

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    Arabic is barely reflected in the LL of this municipality. We have observed four signs written in Arabic. Three of these are top-down signs, situated in institutional buildings in central spaces: one on the town’s Mosque, another on the social services building, and a third in the library to indicate a section dedicated to Arabic-language texts. The only bottom-up sign that we have found is located on a side street and belongs to a Halal butcher.

  4. 4.

    Santi is a shortened version of the proper name Santiago.

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  1. University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    Luz Zas Varela & Gabriela Prego Vázquez

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  1. Faculty of Education, University of A Coruna , A Coruna (Galicia), La Coruña, Spain

    Renée DePalma

  2. Faculty of Sociology, ESOMI (Research Group on the Sociology of International Migrations) , University of A Coruna, A Coruna, (Galicia), La Coruña, Spain

    Antía Pérez-Caramés

APPENDIX Radio Program Script (Translated from the Original Galician)

APPENDIX Radio Program Script (Translated from the Original Galician)

Good Morning

Today on our program we will talk about linguistic landscape.

Multilingualism, reflected in the European slogan “Unity in Diversity,” is a challenge for everyone in Europe. Europe has a commitment to preserve cultural diversity and integration and tolerance through Intercultural Dialogue.

To see how multilingualism is distributed in the 4th-year PDC we are analyzing the LINGUISTIC LANDSCAPE of our school and the surrounding neighborhood.

So what is Linguistic Landscape?

Well, it’s about evaluating the presence of texts and language in walls, message boards, classrooms…in our school and outside of it. The objective is to analyze the different languages that are used, as well as the relationship between the written texts and other semiotic elements that contribute to the multimodality of communication.

We analyzed the relationship between the different languages used according to certain variables: authorship, the relation among languages (translation, dominance of some languages over others) and the symbolic and informational value of the different languages.

What language is present on the t-shirts and sweatshirts that you wear? DO YOU KNOW THAT ALL OF OURS HAVE TEXTS IN ENGLISH?

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  • Division Sport League

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Zas Varela, L., Prego Vázquez, G. (2018). A View of Linguistic Landscapes for an Ethical and Critical Education. In: DePalma, R., Pérez-Caramés, A. (eds) Galician Migrations: A Case Study of Emerging Super-diversity. Migration, Minorities and Modernity, vol 3. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66305-0_19

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