Comments on: Care, inclusion, and resistance in Covid linguistic landscapes

By: Visit to Abrahamic Family House – Language on the Move

Visit to Abrahamic Family House – Language on the Move — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 09:25:42 +0000

[…] When looking at the temporary and bottom-up signage in the space, however, trilingual patterns wavered. For example, if you wanted to attend a sign language course which being offered as part of the community outreach program, the story told was in Arabic and English, and not Hebrew. In the gift shop, while the main signage was in all three languages, the descriptions of the items were given in English only. Similarly, if you wanted to borrow an abaya to follow the dress code, the directions were given in English only. This reminds us of similar patterns found in Covid-scapes in Abu Dhabi, where bottom-up temporary signage tended to be in English only, in an otherwise bilingual linguistic landscape. Furthermore, the digital linguistic landscape seen via the website of the Abrahamic Family House, is bilingual (English and Arabic), with Hebrew not being an language option. Here, we see, as in other multilingual global contexts such as Canada, trilingual efforts are imbalanced across spaces. […]

By: Seeing the linguistic landscape through the eyes of Barbie and Ken – Language on the Move

Thu, 07 Dec 2023 23:23:12 +0000

[…] While select second or third languages are strategically included in ‘sticky places’ or spaces which evoke feelings of cultural belonging such as ethnic grocery stores, cafes and restaurants, or where linguistic minorities gather, such multilingual signage is often skewed in favour of dominant languages such as English. […]

By: Language on the Move 2022 – Language on the Move

Language on the Move 2022 – Language on the Move — Thu, 29 Dec 2022 07:00:32 +0000

[…] Sarah Hopkyns, Care, inclusion, and resistance in Covid linguistic landscapes […]