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Linguistic and Translational Errors on Bilingual Public Signs in the Saudi Southern Region: A Linguistic Landscape Study Cover

Linguistic and Translational Errors on Bilingual Public Signs in the Saudi Southern Region: A Linguistic Landscape Study

Open Cultural Studies
Volume 9 (2025): Issue 1 (January 2025)
By: Bakr Bagash Mansour Ahmed Al-Sofi,  Abduljalil Nasr Hazaea and  Abdullah Alfaifi  
Open Access
|Jun 2025

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Figure 1

Conceptual framework of the study. Source: Authors’ work.
Conceptual framework of the study. Source: Authors’ work.

Figure 2

Qualitative research design for the public signs. Source: Authors’ work.
Qualitative research design for the public signs. Source: Authors’ work.

Figure 3

Sample of syntactic and semantic errors (BUPS-4). Source: Authors’ photo.
Sample of syntactic and semantic errors (BUPS-4). Source: Authors’ photo.

Figure 4

Sample of syntactic and contextual/discourse errors (BUPS-5). Source: Authors’ photo.
Sample of syntactic and contextual/discourse errors (BUPS-5). Source: Authors’ photo.

Figure 5

Sample of morphological, syntactic, and semantic errors (BUPS-1). Source: Authors’ photo.
Sample of morphological, syntactic, and semantic errors (BUPS-1). Source: Authors’ photo.

Figure 6

Sample of semantic and pragmatic errors (BUPS-6). Source: Authors’ photo.
Sample of semantic and pragmatic errors (BUPS-6). Source: Authors’ photo.

Figure 7

Sample of semantic errors (BUPS-7). Source: Authors’ photo.
Sample of semantic errors (BUPS-7). Source: Authors’ photo.

Figure 8

Sample of semantic errors (BUPS-8). Source: Authors’ photo.
Sample of semantic errors (BUPS-8). Source: Authors’ photo.

Figure 9

Sample of orthographic, semantic, and pragmatic errors (BUPS-3). Source: Authors’ photo.
Sample of orthographic, semantic, and pragmatic errors (BUPS-3). Source: Authors’ photo.

Figure 10

Sample of semantic and pragmatic errors (BUPS-9). Source: Authors’ photo.
Sample of semantic and pragmatic errors (BUPS-9). Source: Authors’ photo.

Figure 11

Sample of contextual errors (BUPS-10). Source: Authors’ photo.
Sample of contextual errors (BUPS-10). Source: Authors’ photo.

Figure 12

Sample of orthographic, semantic, and discourse-related errors (BUPS-2). Source: Authors’ photo.
Sample of orthographic, semantic, and discourse-related errors (BUPS-2). Source: Authors’ photo.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/culture-2024-0035 | Journal eISSN: 2451-3474
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Language: English
Submitted on: Jun 9, 2024
Accepted on: Nov 7, 2024
Published on: Jun 20, 2025
Published by: Sciendo
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
Abha,
bilingualism,
linguistic errors,
linguistic landscape,
public signs,
Saudi southern region,
translation
Related subjects:
Cultural studies,
General cultural studies

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