新冠疫情初期的日本语言景观

Language Landscapes in Japan in the Early Days of COVID 19 Epidemic

新冠疫情初期实施的田野调查及媒体资料表明了日本应急语言景观的潜在服务功能。应急多语言景观不仅有单语和双语景观,也有三语乃至四语等语言景观,其内容包括疫情说明、防护用品相关信息、注意事项、鼓励性话语等。疫情初期,日本民营商铺提供的应急多语景观及多语服务,对于在日外籍人士了解相关疫情防护动向及注意事项等起到了重要作用。这种应对突发公共卫生事件的应急多语言服务意识与能力,对中国应对突发公共卫生事件有一定的启示。

Based on field research and media data in the early days of COVID 19 pneumonia,the paper explores language landscapes for emergency in Japan and their potential language service function.Landscapes for emergency include not only monolingual landscapes,but also bilingual and trilingual landscapes.The contents mainly include epidemic description,protective equipment,precautions and encouraging words,etc.At the beginning of the epidemic,multilingual landscapes provided by private shops played an important role in understanding the epidemic protection and precautions for foreigners in Japan.This awareness and ability of emergency multilingual service in response to public health emergencies has certain implications for China's response to public health emergencies.