Selangor, Malaysiapublished in LINGUISTICS AND THE HUMAN SCIENCES has impressed us deeply. It has drawn widespread attention and interest from ...
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Dear David, MK; Manan, SA Greetings from the editorial office! The paper with the title Language ideology and the linguistic landscape: A study in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysiapublished in LINGUISTICS AND THE HUMAN SCIENCES has impressed us deeply. It has drawn widespread attention and interest from researchers and scholars in the field of ACCOMMODATION; CODE MIXING; LANGUAGE POLICY; LINGUISTIC LANDSCAPE; MALAYSIA; MULTILINGUALISM; PETALING JAYA; SOCIOLINGUISTICS.
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Become One of the Editorial Board Members/Reviewers On behalf of the Editorial Board of the journal, it's really a great honor to invite you to join our team as the editorial board member or reviewer of International Journal of Language and Linguistics. In terms of your academic background and expertise in this field, we believe that you may be the most suitable candidate for this position. We hope that your position as the editorial board member/reviewer will promote international academic collaborations in the future. You can click the link below to know more details: http://www.journaloflanguage.org/joinus Below is the excerpt of your research which is highly appreciated by us: Title: Language ideology and the linguistic landscape: A study in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia Abstract: Sociolinguistics as an interdisciplinary science joins language and society to provide knowledge on their relationship and interaction. Language planners and policy makers can use this science to make accurate decisions. This study examined language policy and the strategies used by the public to shape the linguistic landscape of Petaling Jaya, in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. The study focused on the patterns of language use on private and government signage to examine whether the top-
down language policy, was being complied with. The samplings included 400 photographs of signboards of shops, restaurants, internet cafes, and offices. Results suggested that majority of signboards are bilingual or multilingual. Sign users apparently comply with the official policy particularly with regard to the national language Bahasa Melayu (BM) in terms of font size and language sequencing. However, some shopkeepers tend to use strategies to circumvent the policy. Simultaneous accommodation and resistance to the official policy characterizes these strategies, some of which are driven by commercial motives. A common approach is to create names in the English language. A recurrent strategy is that of using multiple codes or languages on a single signboard. We conclude that power apparently sets the tone for language ideology on signboards, and that language ideology in Malaysia ` serves to rationalize existing social structures and dominant linguistic practices, particularly through their institutionalization in official language policy' (Lanza and Woldemariam, 2009: 189). However, we suggest that it is important that policies with regard to linguistic landscape be based on sociolinguistic science including cultural, racial and political demands. More information about the journal, please feel free to contact us. All the best, Jessie Wright The Editorial Office of International Journal of Language and Linguistics
