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The Language of the English Street Sign / Vivian Cook.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: 1 online resource (272 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781800414563
  • 9781800414570
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GT3911.44.A2
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Describing Street Signs -- 2 The Writing System of the Street -- 3 The Language System of the Street -- 4 The Material of the Street Sign -- 5 Naming the Street -- 6 Controlling Signs -- 7 Connotations of Letter Forms in Street Signs -- 8 Street Signs in Other Language -- 9 The Nature of Street Signs -- References -- Index
Summary: This book opens readers’ eyes to something they see all the time but take for granted: street signs. It is a portrait of the signs on modern English streets: what they look like, who and what they are for, how they link to English history and how they form part of life in multilingual England today.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9781800414570

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Describing Street Signs -- 2 The Writing System of the Street -- 3 The Language System of the Street -- 4 The Material of the Street Sign -- 5 Naming the Street -- 6 Controlling Signs -- 7 Connotations of Letter Forms in Street Signs -- 8 Street Signs in Other Language -- 9 The Nature of Street Signs -- References -- Index

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This book opens readers’ eyes to something they see all the time but take for granted: street signs. It is a portrait of the signs on modern English streets: what they look like, who and what they are for, how they link to English history and how they form part of life in multilingual England today.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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