Multilingualism in Public Spaces

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. * Sari Pietikainen, Professor of Discourse Studies, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland * In critically questioning the phenomena of both multilingualism and public space, this volume showcases the convoluted processes of presence and invisibility of multilingualism within Europe (and beyond). Together, the chapters convincingly demonstrate how multilingualism can be understood as a means of social transformation. A must-read for scholars within the fields of linguistic landscapes and multilingualism studies. * Dr. Kellie Goncalves, Senior Lecturer at the Department of English, University of Bern, Switzerland * A timely collection about how multilingualism may enrich and variegate public space, and in so doing, may empower speakers. This excellent book will engage a wide readership concerned with questions of how to live harmoniously with others in cultural and linguistic difference. * Christopher Stroud, Emeritus Professor, University of the Western Cape and Professor of Transnational Multilingualism, Stockholm University, South Africa and Sweden *