Multiple Globalizations: Linguistic Landscapes in World-Cities
Series: - International Comparative Social Studies, Volume: 39
This work studies aspects of the symbolic construction of public spaces by means of linguistic resources (i.e. linguistic landscapes or LLs) in a number of world-cities. The sociology of language leads us to this field and to study the intermingling impacts of globalization, the national principle and multiculturalism – each one conveying its own distinct linguistic markers: international codes, national languages and ethnic vernaculars. Eliezer and Miriam Ben-Rafael study the configurations of these influences, which they conceptualize as multiple globalization, in the LLs of downtowns, residential quarters, and marginal neighborhoods of a number of world-cities. They ask how far worldwide codes of communication gain preeminence, national languages are marginalized and ethnic vernaculars impactful. They conclude by suggesting a paradigm of multiple globalizations.
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Eliezer Ben-Rafael, Ph.D. (1974), Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the Tel-Aviv University. He has published and edited many books on Globalization, the Israeli society, identity and language, including Handbook of Israel: Major Debates (2 vols) (De Gruyter, 2016). Miriam Ben-Rafael, Ph.D. (1998), Tel-Aviv University, is Independent Researcher in sociolinguistics. She has published in the area of bilingualism and English penetration of French, including, with Eliezer Ben-Rafael, Sociologie et Sociolinguistique des Francophonies Israéliennes (Peter Lang, 2013).
",,, the book is valuable for providing an overarching framework of societal influences upon the LL of world-cities. Scholars will also benefit immensely from the authors' summaries of a wealth of sociological theory bearing upon modernity, globalisation, multiculturalism and transnational diasporas, and nationhood." - Robert A. Troyer, Western Oregon University, in: Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development
“This volume is undoubtedly a very solid contribution to the rather new field of LL (Linguistic Landscapes): on the one hand because of its sound grounding in sociological theory on globalization and multiculturalism, and on the other, for the promising theoretical model Ben-Rafael and Ben-Rafael have elaborated of a LL paradigm for multiple globalizations.” - Christine Hélot, University of Strasbourg, in: Linguistic Landscape 6/1 (2020)
“This volume is undoubtedly a very solid contribution to the rather new field of LL (Linguistic Landscapes): on the one hand because of its sound grounding in sociological theory on globalization and multiculturalism, and on the other, for the promising theoretical model Ben-Rafael and Ben-Rafael have elaborated of a LL paradigm for multiple globalizations.” - Christine Hélot, University of Strasbourg, in: Linguistic Landscape 6/1 (2020)
Preface
List of Figures, Illustrations and Tables
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Investigating Multiple Globalizations
1 Linguistic Landscapes
2 World-cities and Globalization
3 Multiculturalism
4 The National Principle
5 Research Questions and the Theoretical Argument
6 In Search of Singularities
2 Methodologies and Research Objectives
1 The Research Settings
2 Collecting and Analyzing Data
3 Summing Up
3 Berlin
1 Introduction
2 Globalization in Downtowns
3 Galeries Lafayette
4 A Residential Middle-Class Neighborhood
5 A Turkish-Speaking Area
6 A Mixed Turkish-Arab Area
7 Where Arabic-Speakers Dominate
8 Conclusion
4 Paris
1 Introduction
2 The Champs Elysées
3 Chinatown
4 Jewish Sarcelles-Pletzel
5 Islam at the Goutte d’Or
6 Conclusion
5 Brussels
1 A Hub of Contradictions
2 Downtown Brussels
3 French-Speaking Neighborhoods
4 Flemish Areas
5 Arab Muslim Neighborhoods
6 The sub-Saharan Quarter
7 The Asian Quarter
8 The Turkish Neighborhood
9 The European Quarter
10 Conclusion
6 London
1 Introduction
2 Central London’s LL
3 Golders Green
4 Chinatown in Soho
5 London’s Little India
6 Conclusion
7 Tel Aviv-Jaffa
1 Introduction
2 Downtowns
3 Ramat Hasharon
4 Bnei Brak
5 Old Rosh Ha’Ayin
6 Ajami
7 The Central Bus Station
8 Conclusion
8 Downtowns Around the World
1 Introduction
2 Tokyo-Yokohama
3 New Delhi
4 Addis Ababa
5 Three cases – not too far away
9 An LL Paradigm for Multiple Globalizations
1 The Sociological Perspective
2 Configurations in Downtowns
3 Residential Areas
4 Ethno-cultural Quarters
5 Empirical Conclusions: Answering the Research Questions
10 Emblems of Singularities
1 Introduction
2 The Wall of Berlin: The East Gallery
3 Paris under-the-ground
4 Brussels’ Comic Strip Murals
5 London’s Double-Decker Buses
6 Tel Aviv: the Florentin neighborhood
7 Conclusion
11 General Conclusions
1 A sociology of Linguistic Landscape
2 From Modernity to Multiple Modernities
3 Globalization Instead of Modernity?
4 Multiculturalism and Transnational Diasporas
5 The Pertinence of the Nation
6 Multiple Globalizations
Appendix 1: Indexes of Globalization
Appendix 2: Major Areas of Destination for Contemporary Migration Flows
Appendix 3: Number of Civil Servants per Population (Selected European Countries)
Bibliography
Index
List of Figures, Illustrations and Tables
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Investigating Multiple Globalizations
1 Linguistic Landscapes
2 World-cities and Globalization
3 Multiculturalism
4 The National Principle
5 Research Questions and the Theoretical Argument
6 In Search of Singularities
2 Methodologies and Research Objectives
1 The Research Settings
2 Collecting and Analyzing Data
3 Summing Up
3 Berlin
1 Introduction
2 Globalization in Downtowns
3 Galeries Lafayette
4 A Residential Middle-Class Neighborhood
5 A Turkish-Speaking Area
6 A Mixed Turkish-Arab Area
7 Where Arabic-Speakers Dominate
8 Conclusion
4 Paris
1 Introduction
2 The Champs Elysées
3 Chinatown
4 Jewish Sarcelles-Pletzel
5 Islam at the Goutte d’Or
6 Conclusion
5 Brussels
1 A Hub of Contradictions
2 Downtown Brussels
3 French-Speaking Neighborhoods
4 Flemish Areas
5 Arab Muslim Neighborhoods
6 The sub-Saharan Quarter
7 The Asian Quarter
8 The Turkish Neighborhood
9 The European Quarter
10 Conclusion
6 London
1 Introduction
2 Central London’s LL
3 Golders Green
4 Chinatown in Soho
5 London’s Little India
6 Conclusion
7 Tel Aviv-Jaffa
1 Introduction
2 Downtowns
3 Ramat Hasharon
4 Bnei Brak
5 Old Rosh Ha’Ayin
6 Ajami
7 The Central Bus Station
8 Conclusion
8 Downtowns Around the World
1 Introduction
2 Tokyo-Yokohama
3 New Delhi
4 Addis Ababa
5 Three cases – not too far away
9 An LL Paradigm for Multiple Globalizations
1 The Sociological Perspective
2 Configurations in Downtowns
3 Residential Areas
4 Ethno-cultural Quarters
5 Empirical Conclusions: Answering the Research Questions
10 Emblems of Singularities
1 Introduction
2 The Wall of Berlin: The East Gallery
3 Paris under-the-ground
4 Brussels’ Comic Strip Murals
5 London’s Double-Decker Buses
6 Tel Aviv: the Florentin neighborhood
7 Conclusion
11 General Conclusions
1 A sociology of Linguistic Landscape
2 From Modernity to Multiple Modernities
3 Globalization Instead of Modernity?
4 Multiculturalism and Transnational Diasporas
5 The Pertinence of the Nation
6 Multiple Globalizations
Appendix 1: Indexes of Globalization
Appendix 2: Major Areas of Destination for Contemporary Migration Flows
Appendix 3: Number of Civil Servants per Population (Selected European Countries)
Bibliography
Index
All interested in world-cities as foci of globalization, multiculturalism and the authority of the State. From these perspectives, this book is addressed to those interested in multilingual linguistic landscapes.