Introduction Language surrounds us all in textual form as exhibited on shop windows, commercial signs, posters, official notices, traffic signs, etc. (Gorter, 2006). “Linguistic landscape” consist of any written sign found outside private homes, from road signs to names of street shops and schools (Shohamy and Barni, 2010). It analyzes and interprets the relationships between the sign, the sign-makers, and the sign-readers. Verbal images or linguistic text and items are subjects of analysis and investigation. These linguistic forms are displayed and posted on numerous shop doors, restaurant windows, and street signs found in public spaces. A semiotic landscape analysis, whereby a community or environment’s signage is photographed for linguistic and visual analysis, is a useful means of discovering power relationships within that community’s language use (Kerry, 2017). As we go around to different places, we consciously or unconsciously examine various ...
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