奥罗米亚州选定城镇语言景观中的多语言实践和多重竞争:地理人类学视角

Alemayehu Fekede, Wondowsen Tesfaye
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本研究分析了一个语言景观,这是社会语言学研究的一个相对较新的发展,致力于研究在公共空间中观察到的语言或符号学与社会之间关系的视觉表现。尽管这些标志在埃塞俄比亚无处不在,但对公共环境中的符号学解释的关注较少。本研究旨在通过符号学景观研究来填补这一空白。通过定性和定量的混合方法,它旨在发现奥罗米亚选定的城市环境在语言景观(LL,从今以后)中的争论。本研究采用社会符号学中的地理符号学理论概念作为分析工具。视觉数据包括从Adama、Jimma和Sebeta镇的主要街道收集的1275张标志照片,这些照片来自不同的标志使用机构。此外,通过对主要LL行为者的深度访谈收集数据,采用有目的抽样技术进行选择。分析表明,一些自上而下和大多数自下而上的符号显示了多种多语言实践、争论、身份建构和其他相关的社会问题。由于联邦和地区两级都没有明确的标志语言使用政策,因此引发了争议。
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Multilingual Practices and Multiple Contestations in the Linguistic Landscape of Selected Towns in Oromia: A geosemiotic perspective
This study analyzed a linguistic landscape, which is a relatively recent development in sociolinguistic research committed to the investigation of the visual manifestations of the relationships observed between language or semiosis and society in the public space. There has been less attention on the semiotic interpretations in the public environments despite the ubiquitous nature of such signs in Ethiopia. This study intends to fill this gap through Semiotic Landscape research. By means of mixed methods, qualitative and quantitative, it aims to discover the contestations in the Linguistic Landscape (LL, henceforth) of selected urban environments in Oromia. The study employed a theoretical concept of geosemiotics from social semiotics as an analytical tool. Visual data consisting of 1275 photographs of signs were collected from the main streets of Adama, Jimma and Sebeta towns from different domains of sign using bodies. Besides, data were collected through in-depth interviews with major LL actors, selected based on purposive sampling technique. The analysis demonstrated that some top-down and most of bottom-up signs showed varieties of multilingual practices, contestations, identity constructions and other related social concerns. The absence of a clear policy on language use on signs at both federal and regional levels has resulted in contestations.
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