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Abstract

This study examines the Linguistic Landscape (LL) of two streets in Beirut (Foch and Weygand) following a series of protests in October 2019 against the Lebanese government. We analyzed signs of protest on those two streets collected in 2020 and compared them to archival data collected back in 2015 prior to the commencement of the protests. We drew upon an expanding LL literature of contestation and resistance and theoretically framed our study in concepts of reclaiming public spaces through protest signs (Martín Rojo, 2014a). Photographic data was collected and analyzed based on a critical discourse historiographical approach (Flowerdew, 2017). Implications with regard to Beirut’s changing identity and conflicting discourses of protest, hope, and censorship competing for space on its streets are presented. The study also presents as an approach that addresses historical and cultural dimensions and power structures that underlie the narratives that shape protest movements.

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  • Article Type: Research Article
Keyword(s): asynchronous narrative layering; Beirut; critical discourse historiography; diachronic approach; Linguistic Landscape; protest; resistance; المشهد اللغوي، تأريخ الخطاب النقدي، الاحتجاج، المقاومة، بيروت، المقاربة التزامنية، الطبقات السردية غير المتزامنة

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