Category Archives: 2) Essays: Exploring linguistic landscapes in Finland
Linguistic landscapes in the Valkea shopping center
By Liisa, Topi, Eevaleena Introduction This essay discusses the use for English in signs at stores at the Valkea shopping center in Oulu. We chose to focus on six different stores, each of which represents a different type of store, … Continue reading
The linguistic landscape of the University of Oulu as seen through bulletin boards
By Jenna, Miili and Arttu 1. Introduction The University of Oulu, just like many other Finnish universities, houses a large number of non-native students and faculty whose first language is not Finnish. This is reflected in the multilingual linguistic landscape … Continue reading
Linguistic landscape of Kortepohja student village
By Venla Hakola, Anni Räsänen and Elena Vanrell Introduction For this project, we investigated the linguistic landscape of Kortepohja student village in the city of Jyväskylä, a university town of over 140 000 inhabitants in central Finland. Landry and Bourhis … Continue reading
Linguistic Landscape: The use of English in Finnish store front advertisements
By: Katarina Heikkinen & Laura Hotakainen We set out to study the linguistic landscape, moreover, how English is used in storefront advertising in the Jyväskylä city centre instead of the native language of Finnish or Swedish. After few discussions we … Continue reading
Examining of the names of shops and businesses in Oulu
Authors: Veikko Kaisto, Joel Romppainen, Maria Vornanen, Noora Väyrynen University of Oulu According to Gorter (2013), one of the driving motivations behind the study of linguistic landscapes in settings has been the spread of English (p. 2). This has been particularly notable in urban … Continue reading
The abundance of English in a men’s clothing store
Studying linguistic landscapes is quite a new phenomenon in Finland, and most of the studies that exist have been made only during the last couple of decades. Laundry and Bourhis (1997) define linguistic landscapes as “Visibility and salience of languages … Continue reading
Signs in a Public Swimming Pool
1 Introduction This short analysis presents and discusses five different kinds of signs at a public swimming pool in Oulu, Finland. These signs were chosen for a closer study due to their various ways of using languages and pictures. Our … Continue reading
Linguistic landscape: A comparison of two Finnish towns
By: Sara Laitinen, Minna Leppänen and Anniina Mutanen Introduction The role of the English language in Finland has significantly changed over the past few decades. According to Leppänen et al. (2011), English is no longer only a tool for … Continue reading
Linguistic Landscape in Children’s Clothing
Authors: Johanna Aitto-oja, Lili Kulcsár and Paavo Nisula University of Jyväskylä 1. Introduction The linguistic landscape in a Finnish elementary school setting is mobile: it changes on a daily and weekly or sometimes even on an hourly basis. According to … Continue reading
Graffiti around Jyväskylä – an analysis of linguistic landscape
Authors: Otto Laukkanen, Oskari Mäkimattila, Anni Stylman and Janet Vaher Graffiti is an interesting and versatile way of analysing the linguistic landscape of a certain area. Throughout the history, writings on the wall have been a way to state the … Continue reading
English in Finland 