《语言景观中身份的协商与竞争》述介

A review of Negotiating and Contesting Identities in Linguistic Landscapes

本文旨在评介由Robert Blackwood等学者编著的《语言景观中身份的协商与竞争》一书。该书关注多国公共空间中的语言景观,探讨身份的建构、协商与竞争,代表着语言景观研究领域的新进展。本文将简述该书的主要内容,并做评介。希望通过评介让国内研究者了解语言景观研究的近况,明晰公共空间中语言使用、身份建构的核心问题以及相关的研究方法,进而思考开展本土化研究,为语言景观研究增添中国美景。

The present article reviews Negotiating and Contesting Identities in Linguistic Landscapes compiled by Robert Blackwood and his colleagues. The book under review deals with the linguistic landscapes in public space in a bunch of countries with a focus on the negotiating and contesting of identities, which can be seen as the latest development in the research on linguistic landscapes. The present article, on the basis of a summary of and brief comments on the book, aims to inform Chinese scholars of the advancement in linguistic landscape research and the language use in public space and to identify key issues and research approaches in this area. It calls for original research in the particular context in China so as to contribute to the research on linguistic landscapes around the globe.