Examining language policy and practices on the ground: German and French in the public space of two Walloon municipalities with language facilities
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[1] Universidad de Salamanca
Universidad de Salamanca
Salamanca, España
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- Localización: Lebende Sprachen, ISSN 0023-9909, Vol. 64, Nº. 1, 2019, págs. 78-102
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Building on previous research on the new subfield of Linguistic Landscape (LL), this article adopts a comparative approach to study language policy practices that take place on the ground in East Belgium, a language contact area which is not usually considered conflictive. The research design is both qualitative and quantitative and aimed at overcoming some critical methodological issues. The taxonomy, which distinguishes different types of items in the LL of two municipalities with language facilities, Kelmis and Waimes, has led to a detailed qualitative analysis of the application of the current language legislation.
