Conflict and Unification in the Multilingual Landscape of a Divided City: The Case of Nicosia's Border

Autor/in	Themistocleous, Christiana
Titel	Conflict and Unification in the Multilingual Landscape of a Divided City: The Case of Nicosia's Border
Quelle	In: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 40 (2019) 2, S.94-114 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0143-4632
DOI	10.1080/01434632.2018.1467425
Schlagwörter	Multilingualism; Foreign Countries; Greek; Turkish; Conflict; Ethnic Groups; Official Languages; Language Planning; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; History; Cultural Influences; Self Concept; Power Structure; Discourse Analysis; Business; Signs; Language Attitudes; Cyprus + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Ausland; Grieche; Griechisch; Türkisch; Konflikt; Ethnie; Office language; Amtssprache; Sprachwechsel; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Selbstkonzept; Diskursanalyse; Business studies; Wirtschaft; Betriebswirtschaft; Zeichensystem; Sprachverhalten; Zypern
Abstract	The Republic of Cyprus is a country characterised by a long-term conflict which resulted in the geopolitical division of the island. Greek-Cypriots and Turkish-Cypriots have lived in separation for more than 30 years until the border re-opened in 2003, allowing people to cross and visit 'the other side'. One of the crossing points is located in the heart of the commercial area in Nicosia, the capital. This study explores the visibility of the two official languages, namely Greek and Turkish, and also English in the multilingual public space near the border. Unlike previous quantitative Linguistic Landscape investigations, this study is using a qualitative Semiotic Landscape approach [Scollon and Scollon 2003. "Discourse in Place: Language in the Material World." London: Routledge; Jaworski and Thurlow 2010. "Semiotic Landscapes: Language, Image, Space." London: Continuum] to understand how the public space that divides the two communities interacts with written discourse, visual modalities, spatial arrangements and dimensions of history and culture to create meaning and project ideologies, identities and power relations. The findings show that traditional discourses of separation and conflict are dominant in the public space but at the same time new discourses of unification, peace and integration slowly begin to surface. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01