33.1118, Books: The Language of the English Street Sign: Cook

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Subject: 33.1118, Books: The Language of the English Street Sign: Cook

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Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2022 21:49:41
From: Flo McClelland [flo at multilingual-matters.com]
Subject: The Language of the English Street Sign: Cook

 


Title: The Language of the English Street Sign 
Publication Year: 2022 
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
	   http://www.multilingual-matters.com/
	

Book URL: https://www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/?K=9781800414556 


Author: Vivian Cook

Hardback: ISBN:  9781800414563 Pages: 216 Price: U.S. $ 139.95
Hardback: ISBN:  9781800414563 Pages: 216 Price: U.K. £ 99.95
Paperback: ISBN:  9781800414556 Pages: 216 Price: U.S. $ 39.95
Paperback: ISBN:  9781800414556 Pages: 216 Price: U.K. £ 29.95


Abstract:

This book opens readers’ eyes to something they see all the time but take for
granted: street signs. It is a portrait of the signs on modern English
streets: what they look like, who and what they are for, how they link to
English history and how they form part of life in multilingual England today.
It describes how their shapes, materials, letters, vocabulary, and grammar
differ from other forms of written English, using a framework based on
linguistics, typography and writing systems research. It provides readable and
entertaining insights into an important use of written English, illustrated
with over 400 examples of street signs. The book represents a starting point
for the study of street signs as an academic area in its own right.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=160653




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