Diane Elizabeth Johnson

Linguistic Landscaping and the Pacific Region

Colonization, Indigenous Identities, and Critical Discourse Theory

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Produktbeschreibung

In Linguistic Landscaping and the Pacific Region, Diane Elizabeth Johnson explores the use of language in public spaces in four areas of the Pacific in which colonization has played a major role: Hawai'i, Aotearoa/ New Zealand, New Caledonia, and Tahiti. She does so in a way that is both scholarly and accessible.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 162
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. August 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 245g
• ISBN-13: 9781793611208
• ISBN-10: 1793611203
• Artikelnr.: 68267063

Autorenporträt

By Diane Elizabeth Johnson

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Pacific Region: Colonization, Resistance, and the Linguistic
Landscape Introduction to Part I - Britain and the US: Colonialism and
expansionism
Chapter 2: The Hawaiian Kingdom Mount Maunakea: Assertion, Resistance, and
the Mise en Abyme Effect
Chapter 3: Aotearoa/ New Zealand Tirau: A Twenty-first Century Colonial
Fantasy Landscape
Introduction to Part II - Metropolitan France: Pacific colonial
expansionism
Chapter 4: Assertion and Resistance in the Linguistic Landscape of
Kanaky/New Caledonia
Chapter 5: Pape'ete: A City at Sea
Conclusion: Signs of the Times
References
About the Author