In 2013, Richmond city council was presented with a petition calling for the regulation of all language signs, drawing national attention to the amount of Chinese-only signage. The signage debate has become well-known in Canada as a result of the media, which has provided a platform for debate through online reader commentary. By applying concepts from linguistic landscapes, language ideologies and nationalism in addition to analytical tools from SFL, we employ critical discourse studies to examine how representations of and responses to language signage in online news commentary contribute to the construction of in-groups and out-groups in the Canadian context. Findings show that stereotypical representations of ethnicity and culture are represented as a threat to the Canadian status quo. Also, contradictory ideologies of Canadian official bilingualism are employed to justify discrimination against Chinese language speakers. Findings suggest that language ideologies remain deeply tied to understandings of Canadian nationhood and belonging.

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关于语言景观的语言意识形态辩论

2013 年，列治文市议会收到一份要求对所有语言标志进行监管的请愿书，引起了全国对中文标志数量的关注。由于媒体提供了一个通过在线读者评论进行辩论的平台，标牌辩论在加拿大广为人知。通过应用语言景观、语言意识形态和民族主义的概念以及来自 SFL 的分析工具，我们采用批判性话语研究来检验在线新闻评论中语言标志的表现和反应如何有助于构建内群体和外群体在加拿大的背景下。调查结果表明，对种族和文化的刻板印象被视为对加拿大现状的威胁。还，加拿大官方双语制的矛盾意识形态被用来为歧视说中文的人辩护。调查结果表明，语言意识形态仍然与对加拿大民族和归属感的理解密切相关。