Celebrating faith in English
Celebrating faith in English : Migrant support networks in Lleida names of the group members 1. Introduction: The linguistic landscape token that we have chosen to analyse is a promotional flyer for the New Living Church of Christ, found on the exterior of this recently established religious association at Valls d’Andorra 28, Lleida. This token is a bottom-up, migrant community-focused religious sign produced by an NGO / ASSOCIATION linked to a particular church faction of the Christian faith . English is the predominant language, present in the main message while c atalan is only found at the address of the church (> non standard Catalan, because it is not DE Andorra but d'Andorra...) . Despite being very partially polyglossic, just one alphabet (Roman) is used, making it monoglossic in script, in the Roman alphabet . In this analysis, we will argue that English is used here not just for prestige (a well-known pastor is featured prominently in the flyer) , but a...