Sam Miller Professor Bledsoe Linguistics 343 Essay 3 6/28/2019 Berlin is a melting a pot of cultures and languages. As a German city, the German language is predictably inescapable. Beyond that, however, one can find many other popular languages that one might expect to see or hear in a city of this size, including […]
Historical events have played a role in developing Ireland’s linguistic landscape. The modern-day city of Dublin started as a Celtic settlement called Áth Cliath, and many peoples have since called the region home. Drawn by water access, the Vikings established Dubh Linn as a trading center along the River Liffey.1 Subsequent ruling by other groups, […]
Craig McHugh Prof Bledsoe LING343 28th June 2019 The linguistic landscape of Dublin is fascinating, especially to a history major like myself. Although everyone I have encountered here has spoken English, all government-planned signs and services are in Irish as well as English. An example of a state service which is referred […]
Before coming to San Francisco, I was not expecting anything more distinctive from any other cities in the United States that I have been to. However, after three weeks of immersion and observations, I think San Francisco indeed enjoys incomparable diversity in both culture and languages. Just a few blocks of walking distance uphill from […]
While Irish has big visual precedence in Dublin, you won’t hear it spoken aloud very often– except by the bus stop announcement. If you ride DublinBus or the LUAS (an above ground light rapid rail system), the stops are announced in both English and Irish. You won’t see any other languages on signs besides English […]
There are many linguistic landscapes which exist in New York City. While some are amazing tourist destinations, like Chinatown or Little Italy, most linguistic landscapes in New York are created solely for the ethnic population which resides within them. Although the commercial commodification of language is very prevalent in New York City, I believe that […]
New York is the “melting pot” of America encompassed into a single city, with 33% of residents being white, 26% Hispanic, 26% black, and 13% Asian according to the 2010 census. (The Furman Center, 2011) Boasting a dynamic and diverse population across all five boroughs, it is no wonder that New York is home to […]
My internship this summer is located in San Francisco, California. As San Francisco is part of the United States, the official language spoken here is English. When I first arrived in the city, everything I saw is exclusively in English—from the instructions inside the airport to the signs of Peet’s Coffee. However, as I […]
Upon arriving in San Francisco, what first struck me was the diversity. Diversity in ethnicity, languages, wealth, and interests. Everywhere you look there are words, and whether these words are understood or not they have a purpose. While there is a strong variety of languages throughout San Francisco, the linguistic landscapes in English, French, and […]
San Francisco is a bustling city filled with people from all parts of the world. San Francisco boasts the largest Chinatown outside of Asia. In a 2009-2013 census, 40.4% of the participants said they spoke a language different from English at home. The people of San Francisco are bringing the languages around the world to […]