N. Roxboro St., Durham, NC
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Title
N. Roxboro St., Durham, NC
Subject
Linguistic Landscapes
Description
This is a collection of photos that were taken along N. Roxboro St. in Durham, NC.
Creator
Andres Isaza, Mckenzie Garcia
Publisher
Andres Isaza, Mckenzie Garcia
Date
December 14, 2017
Format
Jpg
Language
Mainly Spanish
Type
Photographs
Collection Items
Spanish church
This spanish church was located just about a block down the street from an English church.
Car repair shop
While the name of the shop is in English (Pascual car audio), the descriptions on the window are in both english and spanish.
Thrifty Tire Service Center
Once again the services offered by the shop are listed next to each other in both english and spanish.
Taqueria
The name of the taqueria is primarily in spanish but ends in english to allow non-spanish speakers to understand they are a meat market. In addition a yard sale sign is posted right outside in english showing the intersection of languages.
El Vaquero
Although the name of the store is El Vaquero it still has an English description to ensure the nature of the store is understood.
Peluqeria Belleza latina
Unlike other stores seen this hair salon has everything in Spanish. This could be due to their market only being spanish speakers.
Pawn Shop
The pawn shop includes descriptions of their services in spanish primarily with english off to the other side not facing the road.
Video Store
The video store is located directly adjacent to the hair salon which was also solely in spanish. As can be seen the video store also only uses spanish in their advertisements.
Tenochtitlan Auto Care
This car repair shop is located in the vicinity of several auto parts stores. The window decals feature duplicating English and Spanish lists of goods/services offered. The only exception is "hojalatería", which is largely a Mexican colloquialism for…
Peluqueria Jocelyn's
Were it not for the illustration indicating that Peluqueria Jocelyn's offers haircuts, non-Spanish speakers would be largely excluded from interacting with this sign. The presence of English is subtle, found only as a possessive clitic in…