{"id":3527,"date":"2023-05-24T11:02:02","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T09:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.dlls.univr.it\/alpilink\/linguistic-landscape\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T10:54:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T09:54:56","slug":"linguistic-landscape","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alpilink.it\/en\/linguistic-landscape\/","title":{"rendered":"Linguistic Landscape"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Linguistic landscape<\/span><\/span><\/h2>
Written language in public spaces<\/span><\/span><\/h5><\/div><\/div>
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What is a linguistic landscape<\/em>?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

All public spaces that we move through and interact with on a daily basis are filled with linguistic signs; the street sign of the street you live on, the notice about your area’s parking restrictions, a poster on the local busstop promoting the new coffee shop down the street, the unlicensed graffiti on your garage door protesting the government. All of these are examples of visual representations of language in the public sphere, and together they form the local linguistic landscape. The goal of linguistic landscape<\/em> research is to document and analyse these representations, and to achieve further insights into the interplay of different languages, official language policies and concrete usage of the languages in the public sphere. In the case of AlpiLinK, we are specifically interested in the linguistic landscapes<\/em> of the northern regions of Italy, so this section aims to document as many of public written texts as possible.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Figure 1: Bilingual (Italian\/Cimbrian) sign at the exit of the village of Giazza\/Ljetzan (Province of Verona, Veneto)<\/em><\/p>\n

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You can help by uploading your own images; all you have to do is upload the photo in the form below, provide the location the photo was taken in (the more precise the better; if you have geographic coordinates at hand, send them to us!), and if you want leave us a comment about the photo (which languages are present; who put the sign there; etc.), and then click ‘Send’. You can upload as many photos as you want. Any photo containing\u00a0 written language (any language; both monolingual and multilingual signs are welcome) from a public location in the northern regions of Italy is welcome and helps us better understand the dynamics of written language use and the representation of those languages in public spaces. Need some inspiration? Scroll down to see some examples.<\/p>\n

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