Multiple Globalizations: Linguistic Landscapes in World-Cities

Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-90-04-67747-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 39, 222 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 338 g

Reihe: International Comparative Social Studies

This work studies aspects of the symbolic construction of public spaces by means of linguistic resources (i.e. linguistic landscapes or LLs) in a number of world-cities. The sociology of language leads us to this field and to study the intermingling impacts of globalization, the national principle and multiculturalism – each one conveying its own distinct linguistic markers: international codes, national languages and ethnic vernaculars. Eliezer and Miriam Ben-Rafael study the configurations of these influences, which they conceptualize as multiple globalization, in the LLs of downtowns, residential quarters, and marginal neighborhoods of a number of world-cities. They ask how far worldwide codes of communication gain preeminence, national languages are marginalized and ethnic vernaculars impactful. They conclude by suggesting a paradigm of multiple globalizations.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ben-Rafael, Eliezer

Ben-Rafael, Miriam

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Soziolinguistik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Globalisierung, Transformationsprozesse
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Sprachsoziologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

List of Figures, Illustrations and Tables

Abbreviations

Introduction

1 Investigating Multiple Globalizations

1 Linguistic Landscapes

2 World-cities and Globalization

3 Multiculturalism

4 The National Principle

5 Research Questions and the Theoretical Argument

6 In Search of Singularities

2 Methodologies and Research Objectives

1 The Research Settings

2 Collecting and Analyzing Data

3 Summing Up

3 Berlin

1 Introduction

2 Globalization in Downtowns

3 Galeries Lafayette

4 A Residential Middle-Class Neighborhood

5 A Turkish-Speaking Area

6 A Mixed Turkish-Arab Area

7 Where Arabic-Speakers Dominate

8 Conclusion

4 Paris

1 Introduction

2 The Champs Elysées

3 Chinatown

4 Jewish Sarcelles-Pletzel

5 Islam at the Goutte d’Or

6 Conclusion

5 Brussels

1 A Hub of Contradictions

2 Downtown Brussels

3 French-Speaking Neighborhoods

4 Flemish Areas

5 Arab Muslim Neighborhoods

6 The sub-Saharan Quarter

7 The Asian Quarter

8 The Turkish Neighborhood

9 The European Quarter

10 Conclusion

6 London

1 Introduction

2 Central London’s LL

3 Golders Green

4 Chinatown in Soho

5 London’s Little India

6 Conclusion

7 Tel Aviv-Jaffa

1 Introduction

2 Downtowns

3 Ramat Hasharon

4 Bnei Brak

5 Old Rosh Ha’Ayin

6 Ajami

7 The Central Bus Station

8 Conclusion

8 Downtowns Around the World

1 Introduction

2 Tokyo-Yokohama

3 New Delhi

4 Addis Ababa

5 Three cases – not too far away

9 An LL Paradigm for Multiple Globalizations

1 The Sociological Perspective

2 Configurations in Downtowns

3 Residential Areas

4 Ethno-cultural Quarters

5 Empirical Conclusions: Answering the Research Questions

10 Emblems of Singularities

1 Introduction

2 The Wall of Berlin: The East Gallery

3 Paris under-the-ground

4 Brussels’ Comic Strip Murals

5 London’s Double-Decker Buses

6 Tel Aviv: the Florentin neighborhood

7 Conclusion

11 General Conclusions

1 A sociology of Linguistic Landscape

2 From Modernity to Multiple Modernities

3 Globalization Instead of Modernity?

4 Multiculturalism and Transnational Diasporas

5 The Pertinence of the Nation

6 Multiple Globalizations

Appendix 1: Indexes of Globalization

Appendix 2: Major Areas of Destination for Contemporary Migration Flows

Appendix 3: Number of Civil Servants per Population (Selected European Countries)

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Eliezer Ben-Rafael, Ph.D. (1974), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the Tel-Aviv University. He has published and edited many books on Globalization, the Israeli society, identity and language, including Handbook of Israel: Major Debates (2 vols) (De Gruyter, 2016).

Miriam Ben-Rafael, Ph.D. (1998), Tel-Aviv University, is Independent Researcher in sociolinguistics. She has published in the area of bilingualism and English penetration of French, including, with Eliezer Ben-Rafael, Sociologie et Sociolinguistique des Francophonies Israéliennes (Peter Lang, 2013).