The main objective of this course is to introduce the recent theoretical and methodological developments in the field of Linguistic Landscape Studies (LLS). One of the most important contributions of LLS is to provide a framework for a coherent understanding of the context in which human and social relationships take place (by focusing on Greek but also the students’ home languages) and linguistic forms that share a physical space (and cyber spaces?). This new knowledge should hopefully improve students’ intercultural communication and their language skills in Modern Greek.
By the end of the course, students will
• be acquainted with the field of LLS and its basic core concepts
• be provided practical tips that make fieldwork easier and more productive (LL data collection; framing an interview, etc.).
• participate in a mini-ethnographic fieldwork in order to gather data and conduct observations of the linguistic landscape in Greece or containing Greek (ancient and modern)
