The book is targeted at scholars in the field of urban sociolinguistics and those wishing to approach the subject through the lens of linguistic landscapes. It also gives interesting suggestions to people involved in language planning and policy reflection, as well as those engaged in urban redevelopment planning. Last but not least, it offers theoretical and methodological guidance to students and researchers in a variety of disciplines.
Sofie Henricson is Associate Professor in Scandinavian languages at the University of Helsinki. She received her PhD from the University of Helsinki in 2013 and her title as Docent from the University of Turku in 2020. She is interested in a broad range of variational and sociolinguistic perspectives on language use, interaction research, linguistic landscape studies, and language learning and teaching.
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Väinö Syrjälä, PhD, is a Senior Lecturer in Swedish language at Södertörn University in Stockholm, Sweden. His research interests include different perspectives on space, place and the linguistic landscape, both in Sweden and in bilingual Finland, as well as urban socio-onomastics.
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Carla Bagna is Full Professor in Educational Linguistics at the University for Foreigners of Siena. Her research interests include language teaching and learning, in particular L2 Italian, immigrant languages in Italian society and schools, linguistic landscape, language policy and planning, linguistic and cultural mediation.
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Martina Bellinzona is a post-doc researcher at the University for Foreigners of Siena. Her research activity mainly concerns educational linguistics, sociolinguistics and the digital humanities. Her interests include the study of linguistic landscape and schoolscape, plurilingual and intercultural education, language policies and contact in migratory contexts.
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