Dyers, CharlynWilliams, Meggan Serena2020-11-122024-03-272020-11-122024-03-272011https://hdl.handle.net/10566/9878Magister Artium - MAThe purpose of this study was two-fold: firstly, to do a multimodal analysis of the multilingual signage, advertisements and graffiti present on different surfaces in the main business hub of a multicultural community called Wesbank, situated in the Eastern Metropole of the city of Cape Town. Signage of this nature, taken together, constitute the 'linguistic landscape' (Gorter, 2006) of a particular space.enLinguistic landscapeLiteracy as a social practiceWomenLanguage as a local practiceMultilingualismUniversity of Western Cape