Ching-Yu Na works as a public-school English teacher at Futai Elementary School and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied English at Kainan University, Taiwan.Serafín M. Coronel-Molina is a Full Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the School of Education, Director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and Head Coordinator of the Global Indigenous Studies Network in the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University Bloomington, USA.

• Figures, Tables and ImagesPrefacePART 1: EXPLORING THE LINGUISTIC ECOLOGYChapter 1. Why Study Linguistic Landscapes in Taiwan?Chapter 2. Understanding Taiwan: Sociohistorical and Sociolinguistic OverviewChapter 3. Approaches to Understanding Taoyuan City’s MLLPART 2: READING THE LINGUISTIC LANDSCAPEChapter 4. Regulations and Implementations: A Geosemiotic Look at the MLLChapter 5. Exploring MLL in Diverse SpacesChapter 6. Code Preference and Multilingual Writing Types in the MLLChapter 7. Community Members’ Perceptions of the MLL in Taoyuan CityChapter 8. Bringing It All Together: What Does It All Mean?ReferencesIndex

Na and Coronel-Molina offer a compelling analysis of how multilingual signage in Taoyuan City reflects Taiwan’s shifting identities amid Asian immigration. This insightful ethnography reveals the public sphere as a space of cultural negotiation and belonging that offers a valuable contribution to sociolinguistics and migration studies, and a model for reading cities as globalized texts.

Ching-Yu Na works as a public-school English teacher at Futai Elementary School and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied English at Kainan University, Taiwan.Serafín M. Coronel-Molina is a Full Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the School of Education, Director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and Head Coordinator of the Global Indigenous Studies Network in the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University Bloomington, USA.

• Figures, Tables and ImagesPrefacePART 1: EXPLORING THE LINGUISTIC ECOLOGYChapter 1. Why Study Linguistic Landscapes in Taiwan?Chapter 2. Understanding Taiwan: Sociohistorical and Sociolinguistic OverviewChapter 3. Approaches to Understanding Taoyuan City’s MLLPART 2: READING THE LINGUISTIC LANDSCAPEChapter 4. Regulations and Implementations: A Geosemiotic Look at the MLLChapter 5. Exploring MLL in Diverse SpacesChapter 6. Code Preference and Multilingual Writing Types in the MLLChapter 7. Community Members’ Perceptions of the MLL in Taoyuan CityChapter 8. Bringing It All Together: What Does It All Mean?ReferencesIndex

Na and Coronel-Molina offer a compelling analysis of how multilingual signage in Taoyuan City reflects Taiwan’s shifting identities amid Asian immigration. This insightful ethnography reveals the public sphere as a space of cultural negotiation and belonging that offers a valuable contribution to sociolinguistics and migration studies, and a model for reading cities as globalized texts.

Ching-Yu Na works as a public-school English teacher at Futai Elementary School and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied English at Kainan University, Taiwan.Serafín M. Coronel-Molina is a Full Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the School of Education, Director of the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and Head Coordinator of the Global Indigenous Studies Network in the Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies at Indiana University Bloomington, USA.

• Figures, Tables and ImagesPrefacePART 1: EXPLORING THE LINGUISTIC ECOLOGYChapter 1. Why Study Linguistic Landscapes in Taiwan?Chapter 2. Understanding Taiwan: Sociohistorical and Sociolinguistic OverviewChapter 3. Approaches to Understanding Taoyuan City’s MLLPART 2: READING THE LINGUISTIC LANDSCAPEChapter 4. Regulations and Implementations: A Geosemiotic Look at the MLLChapter 5. Exploring MLL in Diverse SpacesChapter 6. Code Preference and Multilingual Writing Types in the MLLChapter 7. Community Members’ Perceptions of the MLL in Taoyuan CityChapter 8. Bringing It All Together: What Does It All Mean?ReferencesIndex

Na and Coronel-Molina offer a compelling analysis of how multilingual signage in Taoyuan City reflects Taiwan’s shifting identities amid Asian immigration. This insightful ethnography reveals the public sphere as a space of cultural negotiation and belonging that offers a valuable contribution to sociolinguistics and migration studies, and a model for reading cities as globalized texts.