Linguistic landscape of a cross-border university campus: language and power in perspective

• Autor(a) principal: Lecheta, Michelle
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Berger, Isis Ribeiro
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Entrepalavras
• Texto Completo: http://www.entrepalavras.ufc.br/revista/index.php/Revista/article/view/1486
• topic: Linguistic landscape. Visibility. Power.; Paisagem linguística. Visibilidade. Poder.

The present article proposes to set an eye to the linguistic interventions displayed on the walls of a university campus in Foz do Iguaçu (PR), in order to comprehend how the perception of this Linguistic Landscape can be used as a tool which reveals not only student demands printed on the walls, but also political and sociocultural issues related to the society as a whole. We are based on the concepts of Linguistic Landscape (LANDRY; BOURHIS, 1997; SHOHAMY, 2006; SPOLSKY, 2009), seeking to expand them as we bring to the dialogue the formulations of the Visibility Geography (GOMES, 2013), concerning the position of elements on the landscape. We are also based on the power relations analysis (FOUCAULT, 1979; 1995; 2010; 2014) in order to highlight the resistance characteristic of these interventions when they are presented in spaces normalized by the cleanliness. For this purpose, we used the photograph takes followed by the analysis of walls that belong to the public circulation spaces of the campus. The analysis of these elements, focused on their production motivations, suggested the Linguistic Landscape may be characterized as a reflection of the need for representation and visibility of certain groups.