Shaping tourist LL: language display and the sociolinguistic background of an international multilingual readership

International Journal of Multilingualism

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 51-67

  Bruyèl Olmedo, Antonio ^a   Juan Garau, Maria ^b  

^a Escuela Universitaria de Turismo Felipe Moreno   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

code preference; linguistic landscape; readership; sociolinguistic background; tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911990279     PISSN: 14790718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14790718.2013.827688     Document Type: Article

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