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Linguistic Landscape Research as One of the Most Actual Research Areas of Applied Linguistics

Summary/Abstract: The linguistic landscape research from the 90s has raised an increasing interest in sociolinguistics. The definition of linguistic landscape derives from Landry and Bourhis. They used the term for the first time for signs in public places (commercial signs, inscriptions, place names, street signs, etc.). This paper reviews the theoretical and methodological basics of linguistic landscape research, focusing on recent researches, the most relevant approaches and key issues in the topic. In the last two decades linguistic landscape research has gathered speed and expanded. Since 2000, a number of research projects and studies have dealt with this subject from the perspective of applied linguistics, sociolinguistics or language policy – especially in bilingual and multilingual surroundings and situations –, and have shown increasing interest for signs and inscriptions in different places. The researches require an interdisciplinary approach and the involvement of different disciplines (education, economics, demography, geography, semiotics, etc.).

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