Ahmed Shehada ELL 100 10-24-18 Linguistic Landscape Language is displayed all around us in all types of way. Some of the most known ways would be through signs such as shop windows, commercials, posters, official notes, and traffic signs. There are also other forms of signs but people tend to not pay attention to the linguistic landscapes around them.
The sign that I decided upon for my linguistic landscape is located on 90th Avenue in Jamaica, Queens on the window of a small convenience store (also commonly known as a bodega). The languages that are utilized are English and Spanish in equal amounts which makes it a multilingual landscape. The window poster itself is a three panel spread. However,
Linguistic landscapes in our neighborhoods can tell us what a neighborhood is like. Linguistic landscapes can be as simple as a sign saying trash. The way that the signs are presented and the languages on them can give you can insight of the community. The linguistic landscape I chose was of the entrance of a church. This church is located
In my prominently English neighborhood there’s a single Chinese food restaurant called “Kim Po”. The store is located at Farmers Boulevard in Saint Albans Queens, not too far from where I live. My reason for choosing this sign (besides the fact that it happens to be one of the only signs near my house that’s in
Have you ever seen a linguistic landscape in your neighborhood or elsewhere? For the past three days we have been talking about and looking at examples of linguistic landscapes, they can inform us about the neighborhood in many ways such as Demographics, relationships, identity and social practices. These landscapes can tell us a lot about your neighborhood or others by
Jessica. Tabares October -23-2018 ELL- 101 Professor Ines Vano Garcia Linguistic Landscape The linguistic landscape that I took a picture of was around the gym that I go to. Its above of a furniture store the English letters are all capitalized and in bold. And then there is another language under it both languages are in white and
Reflective Essay #2: Linguistic Landscape For the past few days, we have been discussing linguistic landscapes and we were given the assignment to go out and take a few pictures of what we thought was to be a linguistic landscape. I went to Jackson Heights (74th Street) and took a picture of near a currency exchange place. Near that currency
The sign I chose was from an anime store in Flushing called “Anime Castle”. I chose this store because I often go to this store to buy anime related goods especially manga. Just like every other store they have their store name “Anime Castle” big and right in the center. The background is hard to notice but they do list
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!”
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.