Developing methods for the study of linguistic landscapes in sparsely populated areas

Cocq, Coppélie,1977-Department of Cultures, University of Helsinki, Finland,Arcum (författare)

This article focuses on the methodology developed in a mixed-method study situated in sparsely populated areas in Sweden within a project that aims at investigating the role of language in place-making and in relation to various groups. These areas have a rich history of multilingualism as well as a more recent influx of multilingualism - the former usually in the form of Indigenous Sámi language and national minority languages; the latter being for example tourism from many parts of the world or refugees.The article discusses a mixed-methods approach that includes textual and numerical data, as well as qualitative and quantitative analysis. Register data is both used to select sites for investigation and for the interpretation of the data.The article further focuses on coding and categorizing signs for linguistic code, status, space and function as well as some on methodological issues and challenges that have occurred along the process.

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP Social och ekonomisk geografi Kulturgeografi hsv//swe
SOCIAL SCIENCES Social and Economic Geography Human Geography hsv//eng
Mixed-methods; sparsely populated areas; register data; Indigenous languages; placemaking; language visibility; multilingualism
Social and Economic Geography
kulturgeografi

Granstedt, Lena,1956-Umeå universitet,Institutionen för språkstudier(Swepub:umu)legr0001 (författare)
Lindgren, EvaUmeå universitet,Institutionen för språkstudier,Arcum(Swepub:umu)evli0004 (författare)
Lindgren, UrbanUmeå universitet,Institutionen för geografi(Swepub:umu)urli0001 (författare)
Department of Cultures, University of Helsinki, FinlandArcum (creator_code:org_t)

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