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1、InvestigatingWarningSignsinLeazesTerraceStudentHousesinNewcastleUniversity　　1.Introduction　　Needlesstosay，warningsignsarefamiliartomodernreadersastheyaredeeplyembeddedinourdailylives.Althoughwearebombardeddailywiththemessagesonthiskindofsign，wehardlyperceivethemonaconsciouslevel

2、.Furthermore，conventionalwisdomhasitthatwarningsignscouldpossiblybeoflittlenecessityasanobjectofstudy.Contrarytowhathasoftenbeenclaimed，thisarticlewillexaminethisparticulartypeofsigns，itmaybeworthwhiletoconsiderwhatkindsoffeaturesarepeculiartowarningsigns.Itshouldbestressedthatt

3、helanguageuseandthetypographicaldesignofwarningsignswillholdavitallyimportantplaceinthestudy.Toputitanotherway，thelanguageuse，thefonttypeofwarningsignswillbeexaminedfully.Itisalsovaluabletomentionthatthewarningsignsanalyzedinthisarticlearesetwithinaparticularsituation，thestudywi

4、llpaycloseattentiontothewarningsignswhichareinstalledinanuniversityaccommodation.Theelaboratedescriptionofthesituationforthestudywillbeprovidedbelow.　　Inordertogainmoreinsightintothisspecifictypeofsigns，itisessentialtoexplorethegeneralnotionofsignageindepth.Typically，signagecanb

5、edividedintotwomaincategories，namely‘information’and‘statutory/mandatory’（Stevenson1990：14）.Toexplain，namingsignsanddirectionalsignsarethetwoimportantfacetsofinformationsignage.Bothofthemareassociatedwithorientation，nevertheless，thedistinctionisthattheformeronemaybehelpfulforloc

6、atingaposition，andthelatteronetellspeoplehowtogetaparticularplace（Stevenson1990）.ThisisthesamesenseasinLiuetal.（2012）’sdefinition，roadsignsareservedasmarkerstoassistpeopletorecognizestreets，citynamesanddirections.Inthisrespect，Azaryahu（2012）hasfurthernotedthatpowerandauthorityha

7、veadiscernibleimpactonsomestreetsigns，whichareofutmostimportancetosymbolizetheadministrativeandpoliticalcontroloveraparticulardomain.　　2.Thecriteriatoanalyzewarningsigns　　Beforeanalyzingtheparticularexamplesofwarningsigns，itisessentialtotakeintoconsiderationthefollowingcriteria，

8、whichservedasausefulguidelinetoilluminatesomefe