Linguistic Landscape – Introduction to Language / Problematizing Language

Linguistic Landscape (Brian)

Brian — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 13:28:14 +0000

A) This was taken on 103 Street Roosevelt Ave

B) Poster was on a supermarket window

C) The Language is both English and Spanish

D) In Spanish, It says “Buy your tickets here and now!”

Linguistic Landscape (Scott)

Scott — Wed, 17 Oct 2018 06:40:10 +0000

a) This picture was taken in Jamaica, Queens on 90th Ave.

b) The languages that are being used are Spanish and English.

c) I have no idea what the words in Spanish say other than “the national” that is located above next to “pay bills”. However, I am completely guessing.

Daysi (Linguistic Landscape)

Daysi — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 14:13:59 +0000

This picture was taken on Roosevelt Ave.

The languages here presented are English

The sign shows signals, the name of a trade school and its address, it shows the rules for parking, graffiti, traffic signals, and also it shows banners to show propaganda of some sort of website.

Linguistic Landscape (William)

William — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 13:38:37 +0000

a) Where was this picture taken? Main Street Flushing

b) What languages area used? English, Chinese, and Japanese.

c) What does the sign say? English says anime castle. Chinese on the left says anime and on the right says manga. And the Japanese in the middle says anime.

Landscape (Stephanie)

Stephanie — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 05:45:42 +0000

This picture was taken by my elementary school that is being renovated.
The languages used are English and Spanish.
It is telling people it is a hardhat area, the workers must be protected at all times and discretion to people to be careful when passing by the area.

(Manisha) Linguistic Landscape

Manisha — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 02:13:01 +0000

A) Where was the picture taken?

The picture was taken in Jackson Heights (74th Street).

B) What language(s) are used?

In the picture, you can see that the signs are in English and it’s not as noticeable but by the door, there’s a sign in Bengali as well.

C) What do the signs say?

The most noticeable sign in the picture is that of the jewelry store which reads “Abid Jewelers.” I don’t understand the sign in Bengali but I assume it’s the company name of the place of which the arrow underneath is pointing towards.

(Alisia) Linguistic Landscape Hmwk

Alisia — Sun, 14 Oct 2018 23:57:45 +0000

This is a church that is down the block from my house. From my observations it looks like two languages, English and another language. The signs are all different, parking, the name of the church, mass times and other little signs.