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The app is available for download and use worldwide. Plus, we have just released the project update with improved features for corpus building and group projects. If you would like to use the app for an individual or group project, just let us know.

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Info

Have you ever wondered how many signs you pass on your daily way to work? In which languages these signs are lettered? And how language in public space changes over time? Welcome to Lingscape!

Writing is everywhere in public space. All different kinds of signs and lettering form the linguistic landscape of a place or community. Often these signs display different languages, be they on the same sign or next to each other. Lingscape is an app for researching such linguistic landscapes all over the world. Therefore we collect photos of signs and lettering on an interactive map.

Our main objectives: We want to analyze the diversity and dynamics of public writing. And we want to do that together with people from all over the world.

You can help us to collect as many photos as possible. Upload your own photos or explore the map with all photos added by other users. Share photos you like with your friends. Become a citizen scientist by contributing to the project.

Citizen science meets linguistic landscaping, or short: Lingscape!

Signs

Take photos of signs and lettering in public space! Help us document and analyze language use and visible multilingualism

Map

Explore the map with all photos uploaded by users! Discover polymorphic linguistic landscapes all over the world

Projects

Create your own projects, publish your own maps! Get a personal password to collect photos for your research or a school project

Administration

Build your own corpus! Use the project administration to organize and annotate public or private photo collections

Stats

These basic stats will be updated manually on a weekly basis (data from the app stores only available with 2 to 3 days delay)

3271
Downloads from Apple App Store
719
Number of active contributors
790
Downloads from Google Play Store
A collaborative story

Tapping together

Backstory

News from the machine room 1

The Lingscape app and project have been around for a while now, since we have published the first edition of the app in fall 2016. Together, we have already collected …

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Screenshots

Home screen with the map

Example of the upload process

Settings screen for projects

What's happening in the project?

Updates

List of recent additions to the language list, new features and updates

Media coverage

List of press coverage appearances and mentionings of the project in the media

Activities

List of project-related outreach activities, publications, and talks

Recent projects

These are some people that are currently working with Lingscape for teaching, research or to document multilingualism in public space. Here you can find a list of all projects in Lingscape.

Nanna HiltonUniversity of Groningen

Leeuwarden Linguistic Landscape 2017

Seminar project at the University of Groningen

Sven-Ole SchwanebeckUniverstität Kiel

Die Sprachlandschaft der Gemeinden des Amtes Achterwehr - unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des ND

Die Gemeinden Achterwehr, Bredenbek, Felde, Krummwisch, Melsdorf, Ottendorf, Quarnbek und Westensee liegen im Bereich der Zuständigkeit des Amtes Achterwehr. MIt diesem Projekt sollen diese acht Gemeinden / Beobachtungsgebiete auf ihre sprachliche Landschaft und Diversität im Sinne des wissenschaftlichen Ansatzes der Linguistic Landscaping Theorie untersucht werden, wobei ins besondere das Niederdeutsche eine besondere Berücksichtigung erfahren soll.

Cédric StammetUniversité du Luxembourg

Straßenbeschilderung in Esch-sur-Alzette

Im vorliegenden Projekt soll eine Auswahl von Straßenschildern in Esch-sur-Alzette dokumentiert werden. Sowohl das Alter der Schilder als auch die darauf zu findende(n) Sprache(n) sind dabei von Belang.

Our Team

Christoph Purschke
Lingscape officer
ibros.ch
App development
Peter Gilles
Lingscape officer

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Do you miss a language you want to tag? Are you working on a linguistic landscaping project? Let us know what you think about Lingscape or if you would like to use the app for your research. We are happy to welcome you in the project.

We speak Deutsch, English, Français, Lëtzebuergesch and Plattdüütsch.



Université du Luxembourg
Institut fir lëtzebuergesch Sprooch- a Literaturwëssenschaft
Maison des Sciences Humaines
11, Porte des Sciences
L-4366 Esch/Alzette Luxembourg