Event Title
The Language of Signage
Location
CSU 201
Start Date
10-4-2018 10:00 AM
End Date
10-4-2018 11:00 AM
Student's Major
Anthropology
Student's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Mentor's Name
Chelsea Mead
Mentor's Department
Anthropology
Mentor's College
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Description
Signs play a central role in our day to day lives and MNSU they play a critical role in providing direction, regulating behavior, and representing the community symbolically. This research examines the use of linguistic signs on campus to better understand the role of linguistic choice being communicated to the community. By examining the linguistic features of signage around campus, I offer important insights into their impact on college student experiences and understandings of communication. Completing an analysis of signage from popular campus locations and historic signage, I suggest that the language of campus is overwhelmingly English dominant. As a university dedicated and proud of its international student populations and relationships, I offer new insights into the ways the university can increase its support of linguistic diversity through signage to support multilingualism amongst all students. The larger implications of my research are ways to increase fluency in public communication by looking at signage around on campus.
The Language of Signage
CSU 201
Signs play a central role in our day to day lives and MNSU they play a critical role in providing direction, regulating behavior, and representing the community symbolically. This research examines the use of linguistic signs on campus to better understand the role of linguistic choice being communicated to the community. By examining the linguistic features of signage around campus, I offer important insights into their impact on college student experiences and understandings of communication. Completing an analysis of signage from popular campus locations and historic signage, I suggest that the language of campus is overwhelmingly English dominant. As a university dedicated and proud of its international student populations and relationships, I offer new insights into the ways the university can increase its support of linguistic diversity through signage to support multilingualism amongst all students. The larger implications of my research are ways to increase fluency in public communication by looking at signage around on campus.
Recommended Citation
Kone, Berry. "The Language of Signage." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 10, 2018.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2018/oral-session-01/3
