A dinamikusan változó nyelvi tájkép: Kárpátalja példája

Abstract

Most Linguistic Landscape (LL) studies nowadays incorporate additional components such as images, photos, graffiti, clothes, as well as people who are immersed and absorbed in spaces by interacting with LL in different ways. This article demonstrates through Transcarpathian examples that language, when it is situated in public spaces needs to be interpreted in broad terms: the richness of the public space draws attention to a broad list of components that interactively participate in public spaces. These components, in addition to written texts in multiple languages, also incorporate components such as economic situation and people. These components are not static but rather form part of other layers that interact in public spaces. This makes LL vital, energetic, constantly evolving, dynamic and anchored in a political, social, and economic framework.