Aesthetic Symbolic and Communicative Functions of English Signs in Urban Spaces of Jordan: Typography, Multimodality, and Ideological Values

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K. Al Naimat Ghazi; M. Saidat Ahmad

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Journal: JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS Year:2019 | Volume:10 | Issue:2 Page(s): 3-24

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Aesthetic Symbolic and Communicative Functions of English Signs in Urban Spaces of Jordan: Typography, Multimodality, and Ideological Values

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K. Al Naimat Ghazi | M. Saidat Ahmad | Issue Writer Certificate

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Social Semiotics

Visual Typography

Multimodality

Urban Areas

Symbolic Ideologies

Jordan

Abstract

This study examines the visual aesthetic function of English signs in line with ethnographic approaches as a means of achieving various symbolic and communicative implications in the linguistic landscape (LL) of Jordan. Having coded the data in 6 urban streets of the major Jordanian cities, the social semiotic analysis centers on the visual layout of signs based on the typographical features of English texts and the multimodal interrelationships amongst the typographical characteristics wherein images and drawings are often supplemented to the English letter-forms in decorative manners. These aesthetic resources utilized in the construction of the English signs encourage symbolic ideological meanings of practices and customs related to young femininity, amusement and entertainment values, and shared cultural concepts. After all, this study establishes the aesthetic and ornamental aspect of visual English as a new approach in communicating the symbolic commercial messages in the Jordanian public space for both Arabic-and English-speaking audiences.

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K. Al Naimat, Ghazi, & M. Saidat, Ahmad. (2019). Aesthetic Symbolic and Communicative Functions of English Signs in Urban Spaces of Jordan: Typography, Multimodality, and Ideological Values. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS, 10(2), 3-24. SID. https://sid.ir/paper/971376/en

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K. Al Naimat Ghazi, M. Saidat Ahmad. Aesthetic Symbolic and Communicative Functions of English Signs in Urban Spaces of Jordan: Typography, Multimodality, and Ideological Values. JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS[Internet]. 2019;10(2):3-24. Available from: https://sid.ir/paper/971376/en

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Ghazi K. Al Naimat, and Ahmad M. Saidat, “Aesthetic Symbolic and Communicative Functions of English Signs in Urban Spaces of Jordan: Typography, Multimodality, and Ideological Values,” JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN APPLIED LINGUISTICS, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 3–24, 2019, [Online]. Available: https://sid.ir/paper/971376/en

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