schoolscape

noun

schoolscape

noun

Etymology From school + -scape.

1

Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences, Social science, Sociology The linguistic setting of a school or education institution, especially the visual language in terms of signage.

  • Studies have narrowed the territorial focus to signage used in specific cities, townships, suburbs, precincts, etc., in the grounds of schools, called ‘schoolscapes’, in shopping centres, and other localised areas.2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 2:

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