Research of linguistic landscape offers us new perspectives on how different languages interact with each other in public spaces. This thesis looks at the linguistic landscape of Nova Gorica and Gorizia, focusing on multilingualism of the public space of both cities. The study is based on the analysis of public signs on the Bevkov trg square in Nova Gorica, the Travnik or Piazza della Vittoria square in Gorizia, and the Trg Evrope or Piazza Transalpina square, which lies on the border between two cities. The signs are analyzed based on whether they are official or unofficial, monolingual or multilingual, the languages that are present, the way information is presented on the signs, and the visual hierarchy of languages. Results show that the Slovene language predominates on monolingual signs on the Slovenian side, while Italian predominates on the Italian side. Multilingual signs, however, indicate a stronger connection between the two countries. In Italy, the use of Slovenian in this region is also protected by law, while Italian is not one of the official languages in Nova Gorica. We can see that duplicating multilingualism occurs most frequently, and the languages are also visually presented as equal. In addition to Slovenian and Italian, English also frequently appears on multilingual signs. The linguistic landscape of this area is thus the result of the influence of the state border, historical circumstances, language policy, and cross-border contact.
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