| Abstract (about 50 words): | Language has been offered as the most significant aspect of individual
identity, it is a more typical representative of ethnicity and identity
than ancestry, religion or residence. By mixing codes intentionally in
their printed media, i.e. their community newspapers, bilinguals can
construct and reconstruct a separate third space identity which relies upon
the dissimilar cultural environment. The aim of this paper is to show that
linguistic landscape research can provide valuable insight into some
aspects of the linguistic situation of the Hungarian communities in
countries where English is the dominant language by analyzing the semiotic
landscapes via language contact manifestations found in the newspapers of
these communities.
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