An Investigation of the Communicative Purposes of Road Signs: How Signs Do Things

Autor/in	Ewald, Jennifer D.
Titel	An Investigation of the Communicative Purposes of Road Signs: How Signs Do Things
Quelle	In: Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 11 (2020) 6, S.72-82 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2203-4714
Schlagwörter	Signs; Communications; Traffic Safety; Motor Vehicles; Visual Aids; Navigation; Grammar; Punctuation; Syntax; Semantics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zeichensystem; Nachrichtenwesen; Motor vehicle; Kraftwagen; Anschauungsmaterial; Grammatik; Interpunktion; Semantik
Abstract	This study explores the important communicative roles carried out by road signs both directly and indirectly. The qualitative analysis is based on a corpus of 150 road signs collected from signage on state and local highways and roadways in seven U.S. states. Road signs were identified as either full, grammatical sentences or as block language. They were further analyzed as speech acts and their performativity was briefly explored in three areas: agency, lexis, and emplacement. Road sign ambiguity in regard to punctuation and syntactic ambiguity was also identified. The findings pointed to several areas for future research including drivers' behavioral reactions, road safety and wayfinding potential. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01