Multilingualism in Public Spaces

Robert Blackwood is Professor of French Sociolinguistics at the University of Liverpool, UK.Deirdre A. Dunlevy is a Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the University of Limerick, Ireland.

• Introduction, Robert Blackwood (University of Liverpool, UK) and Deirdre Dunlevy (University of Edinburgh, UK)1. Multilingual Inequality in Public Spaces: Towards an Inclusive Model of Linguistic Landscapes, Durk Gorter (University of the Basque Country, Spain)2. Demarcating the Space for Multilingualism in Czechia: An Ethnic Majority’s Ways to Restrict Others’ Language Use, Marián Sloboda (Charles University, Prague, Czechia)3. Empowering Multilingualism? Provisions for Place-names in Northern Ireland, Mícheál Ó Mainnín (Queen's University Belfast, UK)4. The Transformative Power of Linguistic Mobility: Evidence from Italian Borderscapes, Stefania Tufi (University of Liverpool, UK)5. Invisible Presence?: Polish in Norwegian Public Space, Toril Opsahl (University of Oslo, Norway)6. Place-names and the Complexity of Language Recognition in Northern Ireland, Deirdre Dunlevy (University of Edinburgh, UK)7. Post-colonial Re-memorization in the Public Space: A Patrice Lumumba Square in Brussels, Luk Van Mensel (University in Namur, Belgium)8. Linguistic Landscape Activism as a Means of Community Empowerment: Direct Action, Ai’Ta and Breton in France, Robert Blackwood (University of Liverpool, UK)9. Multilingualism in the Model Multicultural City: The Influence of Authors in Leicester’s Golden Mile, Michelle Harrison (University of Leicester, UK)10. Empowering Speakers of Less Prestigious Varieties in Formal Education: Greek Cypriot Dialect in Preschool Education in Cyprus, Andry Sophocleous (University in Nicosia, Cyprus)Conclusion, Robert Blackwood (University of Liverpool, UK) and Deirdre Dunlevy (University of Edinburgh, UK)Index

This inspiring volume offers a fascinating mapping of the complex relationship between power, multilingualism and public spaces. Through rich case studies of multilingual practices and choices across different public spaces, the writers provide crucial insights to the forces that shape linguistic landscapes and the ways in which communities and their members can belong and participate.