EXPLORING THE LANGUAGE CHOICE OF THE NON-COMMERCIAL SIGNS IN JAKARTA

This article focuses on non-commercial signs in the linguistic landscape of Jakarta. Five main streets within or nearby the centroid of Jakarta are selected. The prevalence of English and the use of English words in the non-commercial signs are examined. The data cover 47 non-commercial signs which...

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Published in:Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics
Main Author: Anna Marietta da Silva
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia 2017-09-01
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Online Access:http://ejournal.upi.edu/index.php/IJAL/article/view/8355