Kahn, L;
Valijarvi, R;
(2020)
The linguistic landscape of Nuuk, Greenland.
Linguistic Landscape
, 6
(2)
10.1075/ll.19010.val.
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Abstract
The purpose of this article is to present and analyse public and private signs in the Linguistic Landscape of Nuuk, the capital of Greenland. Nuuk is a trilingual environment including the indigenous language (West Green landic), the former colonial language (Danish), and a global language (English). West Greenlandic is a somewhat unusual case among indigenous languages in colonial and postcolonial settings because it is a statutory national language with a vigorous use. Our analysis examines the use of West Greenlandic, Danish, and English from the theoretical perspective of centre vs. periphery, devoting attention to the primary audiences (local vs. international) and chief functions (informational vs. symbolic) of the signs. As the first investigation into the Greenlandic Linguistic Landscape, our analysis can contribute to research on signs in urban multilingual indigenous language settings.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The linguistic landscape of Nuuk, Greenland |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1075/ll.19010.val |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1075/ll.19010.val |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | Greenlandic, Danish, linguistic landscape, signs, Nuuk, Greenland, minority, indigenous, multilingual, urban |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of Arts and Humanities > Dept of Hebrew and Jewish Studies UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > SSEES |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10094235 |
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