The policies on public signage in minority languages and their reception in four traditionally bilingual European locations
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11210%2F12%3A10127253" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11210/12:10127253 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2115/51186" target="_blank" >http://eprints.lib.hokudai.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2115/51186</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
—
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The policies on public signage in minority languages and their reception in four traditionally bilingual European locations
Original language description
In contemporary Europe, support for autochthonous minority languages is expressed by displaying messages in these languages alongside messages in the majority language(s) on public signs, such as road signs, street signs, signs on the buildings of publicinstitutions etc. Such form of support is part of explicit language policies at the national level in a number of countries of Europe as well as at the Council of Europe level. This study deals with the implementation of these policies and their reception by the local populations in Wales, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Croatia. The responses to the presence of minority languages on signs vary and have a number of motivations. The qualitative analysis presented in this study has identified several features as significant for the implementation of bilingual signage and its reception across the research locations: (1) decentralization of public administration, (2) ethnicization of language policies, (3) territoriality of signage, (4) co
Czech name
—
Czech description
—
Classification
Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
AI - Linguistics
OECD FORD branch
—
Result continuities
Project
—
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2012
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Media-komyunikeshon kenkyu = Media and Communication Studies
ISSN
1882-5303
e-ISSN
—
Volume of the periodical
63
Issue of the periodical within the volume
November
Country of publishing house
JP - JAPAN
Number of pages
38
Pages from-to
51-88
UT code for WoS article
—
EID of the result in the Scopus database
—