A Linguistic Landscape Analysis of Pannon Egyetem Utca. 12. Through a Multilingual Lens.

The current study examines the linguistic landscape of one of the main streets of Veszprem, the street of Pannonia University (Egyetem Utca. 12). The importance of analyzing public signs and the distribution of languages on this street stems from its dynamic location. Pannonia University is an inte...

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Main Authors: Ibrahim Rawshdeh, Hala Saed
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Language:English
Published: Center of Language and Culture Studies, Surakarta, Indonesia 2022-09-01
Series:IJOTL-TL (Indonesian Journal of Language Teaching and Linguistics)
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Online Access:https://ijotl-tl.soloclcs.org/index.php/ijoltl/article/view/695
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description The current study examines the linguistic landscape of one of the main streets of Veszprem, the street of Pannonia University (Egyetem Utca. 12). The importance of analyzing public signs and the distribution of languages on this street stems from its dynamic location. Pannonia University is an interesting enough reason to investigate the street. Its location is hypothesized to have an impact on the street's multilingual nature, especially since the existence of a student dormitory on the street attracts international students with different linguistic and cultural backgrounds. This investigation is based on a corpus of 53 images that will be analyzed according to the function of signs as well as the taxonomy of types of the multilingual information arrangement provided by Reh (2004), namely: duplicating, fragmentary, overlapping, and complementary. The present results indicate a strong presence and dominance of the local language (Hungarian) in the linguistic landscape of the university street in Veszprem, in comparison to a minor bilingual representation on signs. The linguistic landscape in Egyetem Utca. 12. doesn’t reflect the linguistic background of the speech community, regardless of the other spoken languages and the conditions of the city itself, which receives a significant number of international students and tourists who speak different languages and use English or German as a means of communication.    
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spelling doaj-art-a8046bc1d59042ac8ceeb4491fd42e7e2025-08-20T02:53:13ZengCenter of Language and Culture Studies, Surakarta, IndonesiaIJOTL-TL (Indonesian Journal of Language Teaching and Linguistics)2502-23262502-82782022-09-017110.30957/ijoltl.v7i1.695A Linguistic Landscape Analysis of Pannon Egyetem Utca. 12. Through a Multilingual Lens. Ibrahim Rawshdeh0Hala Saed1Pannonia UniversityPannonia University The current study examines the linguistic landscape of one of the main streets of Veszprem, the street of Pannonia University (Egyetem Utca. 12). The importance of analyzing public signs and the distribution of languages on this street stems from its dynamic location. Pannonia University is an interesting enough reason to investigate the street. Its location is hypothesized to have an impact on the street's multilingual nature, especially since the existence of a student dormitory on the street attracts international students with different linguistic and cultural backgrounds. This investigation is based on a corpus of 53 images that will be analyzed according to the function of signs as well as the taxonomy of types of the multilingual information arrangement provided by Reh (2004), namely: duplicating, fragmentary, overlapping, and complementary. The present results indicate a strong presence and dominance of the local language (Hungarian) in the linguistic landscape of the university street in Veszprem, in comparison to a minor bilingual representation on signs. The linguistic landscape in Egyetem Utca. 12. doesn’t reflect the linguistic background of the speech community, regardless of the other spoken languages and the conditions of the city itself, which receives a significant number of international students and tourists who speak different languages and use English or German as a means of communication.     https://ijotl-tl.soloclcs.org/index.php/ijoltl/article/view/695Linguistic Landscape, Signs, Multilingualism, Top-Down, Bottom-Up, Multilingual Information, Egyetem Utca. 12.
spellingShingle Ibrahim Rawshdeh
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A Linguistic Landscape Analysis of Pannon Egyetem Utca. 12. Through a Multilingual Lens.
IJOTL-TL (Indonesian Journal of Language Teaching and Linguistics)
Linguistic Landscape, Signs, Multilingualism, Top-Down, Bottom-Up, Multilingual Information, Egyetem Utca. 12.
title A Linguistic Landscape Analysis of Pannon Egyetem Utca. 12. Through a Multilingual Lens.
title_full A Linguistic Landscape Analysis of Pannon Egyetem Utca. 12. Through a Multilingual Lens.
title_fullStr A Linguistic Landscape Analysis of Pannon Egyetem Utca. 12. Through a Multilingual Lens.
title_full_unstemmed A Linguistic Landscape Analysis of Pannon Egyetem Utca. 12. Through a Multilingual Lens.
title_short A Linguistic Landscape Analysis of Pannon Egyetem Utca. 12. Through a Multilingual Lens.
title_sort linguistic landscape analysis of pannon egyetem utca 12 through a multilingual lens
topic Linguistic Landscape, Signs, Multilingualism, Top-Down, Bottom-Up, Multilingual Information, Egyetem Utca. 12.
url https://ijotl-tl.soloclcs.org/index.php/ijoltl/article/view/695
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