schoolscape

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

school +‎ -scape

Noun[edit]

schoolscape (plural schoolscapes)

  1. (linguistics, sociology) The linguistic setting of a school or education institution, especially the visual language in terms of signage.
    • 2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 2:
      Studies have narrowed the territorial focus to signage used in specific cities, townships, suburbs, precincts, etc., in the grounds of schools, called ‘schoolscapes’, in shopping centres, and other localised areas.