Paisaje lingüístico urbano y rural: parámetros de caracterización

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to determine the weight of different parameters in the description of the linguistic landscape of two zones of different scope: urban and rural. The starting point was a previous investigation carried out in two nearby sites, in the limits between the North-Central peninsular variety of the Spanish and the Basque. Although they are areas that, for geographical, administrative and political reasons have a disparate linguistic profile, the quantitative classification of their linguistic signals allows us to establish patterns for the two mentioned environments. The influence of the economic structure in the public space, rural or urban, can also be observed in the linguistic landscape: on the one hand, they share the same vitality in its renewal. On the other hand, differences can be detected if we consider other criteria: the rural landscape, which has been little studied, is more institutionalized, more dependent, therefore, on public initiative, more subsidiary to authors and references external to the community, more limited in its functions and social representations.