Muslim majority yet without preference for Arabic: Mapping linguistic landscape studies in Indonesia
Linguistic Landscape (LL) research has explored signage in various public places in the world, including Indonesia. However, since there has been no comprehensive review of LL studies in Indonesia, the current article seeks to identify trends in LL research in Indonesia. The Preferred Reporting Item...
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| description | Linguistic Landscape (LL) research has explored signage in various public places in the world, including Indonesia. However, since there has been no comprehensive review of LL studies in Indonesia, the current article seeks to identify trends in LL research in Indonesia. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) method was applied to analyze thirty-one LL articles coming out from the open knowledge maps application. The findings suggest that there is a steady increase in the number of LL studies in Indonesia apparent starting from the year of 2017 based on the obtained data from eleven provinces. More bottom-up signs were found mostly using quantitative approaches. The findings also reveal that the Indonesian language dominates signs in the LL studies followed by English. Interestingly, although Indonesia has the biggest number of Muslim citizens in the world, Arabic is used more often than English only in two locations of LL studies, namely the tomb of Sunan Ampel and the City of Mataram. Issues often discussed in the LL studies are multilingualism, micro-analysis of linguistics, and broader issues, namely powerandsolidarity, identity, and ideology. Future researchers may focus more on qualitative analysis of LL studies, and relates LL studies with promising topics on geo-linguistics, management of halal food, ecology and culture, inequality and economic mobility, health issues, minority language, media in ELT, and online/virtual LL as well as language contestation related to the abovementioned issues. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-9c77e4247f614c3d99a80ff8fdf9db4d2025-08-20T03:01:30ZengUniversitas Pendidikan IndonesiaIndonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics2301-94682502-67472024-01-0113360061010.17509/ijal.v13i3.6695324247Muslim majority yet without preference for Arabic: Mapping linguistic landscape studies in IndonesiaZuliati Rohmah0Yazid Basthomi1Diana Nur Sholihah2Language Education Department, Universitas Brawijaya, Jl. Veteran No. 10-11, Malang, Indonesia, 651452 English Department, Universitas Negeri Malang, Jl. Semarang, Malang, Indonesia, 651453 Department of Arabic Language, Universitas Islam Tribakti, Jl. KH Wachid Hasyim No.62, Bandar Lor, Kec. Mojoroto, Kota Kediri, Indonesia, 64114Linguistic Landscape (LL) research has explored signage in various public places in the world, including Indonesia. However, since there has been no comprehensive review of LL studies in Indonesia, the current article seeks to identify trends in LL research in Indonesia. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) method was applied to analyze thirty-one LL articles coming out from the open knowledge maps application. The findings suggest that there is a steady increase in the number of LL studies in Indonesia apparent starting from the year of 2017 based on the obtained data from eleven provinces. More bottom-up signs were found mostly using quantitative approaches. The findings also reveal that the Indonesian language dominates signs in the LL studies followed by English. Interestingly, although Indonesia has the biggest number of Muslim citizens in the world, Arabic is used more often than English only in two locations of LL studies, namely the tomb of Sunan Ampel and the City of Mataram. Issues often discussed in the LL studies are multilingualism, micro-analysis of linguistics, and broader issues, namely powerandsolidarity, identity, and ideology. Future researchers may focus more on qualitative analysis of LL studies, and relates LL studies with promising topics on geo-linguistics, management of halal food, ecology and culture, inequality and economic mobility, health issues, minority language, media in ELT, and online/virtual LL as well as language contestation related to the abovementioned issues.https://ejournal.upi.edu/index.php/IJAL/article/view/66953indonesialinguistic landscapemeta-analysisprisma, signs |
| spellingShingle | Zuliati Rohmah Yazid Basthomi Diana Nur Sholihah Muslim majority yet without preference for Arabic: Mapping linguistic landscape studies in Indonesia Indonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics indonesia linguistic landscape meta-analysis prisma, signs |
| title | Muslim majority yet without preference for Arabic: Mapping linguistic landscape studies in Indonesia |
| title_full | Muslim majority yet without preference for Arabic: Mapping linguistic landscape studies in Indonesia |
| title_fullStr | Muslim majority yet without preference for Arabic: Mapping linguistic landscape studies in Indonesia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Muslim majority yet without preference for Arabic: Mapping linguistic landscape studies in Indonesia |
| title_short | Muslim majority yet without preference for Arabic: Mapping linguistic landscape studies in Indonesia |
| title_sort | muslim majority yet without preference for arabic mapping linguistic landscape studies in indonesia |
| topic | indonesia linguistic landscape meta-analysis prisma, signs |
| url | https://ejournal.upi.edu/index.php/IJAL/article/view/66953 |
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