Linguistic Landscape of the Mediterranean

Robert J. Blackwood is Reader in French Sociolinguistics at the University of Liverpool, UK. His researches focuses on aspects of French sociolinguistics, including the position and status of Corsican, language policy, new media, language revitalization, and the Linguistic Landscape. He is Associate Editor of the journal Linguistic Landscapes. Stefania Tufi is Lecturer in Italian Studies at the University of Liverpool, UK. She has published on variationist sociolinguistics, minority languages, and the linguistic landscape. Her research interests include Italian sociolinguistics, particularly the linguistic landscape, minority languages, language policy, language variation and change, and Italian dialectology.

• Introduction1. Sketching the Context: France and Italy2. Borders: The Ligurian Sea3. Borders: The Gulfs of Trieste and Lion4. The Islands: Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica5. Cities: Marseilles and Naples6. English in the Mediterranean7. Conclusions: The Transformative Power of Emplaced Language

“This book provides a very interesting account of a large survey research done in the coastal region of the Mediterranean Sea. The book is comprised of an introduction followed by seven other chapters through each of which the LL of one region in the Mediterranean Sea is reported and analyzed from a particular theoretical framework. … this book is highly recommended to researchers and students in the field of LL, language policy, language and identity, multilingualism and minority languages/dialects.” (Saeed Rezaei, Sociolinguistic Studies, Vol. 10 (3), 2016)