Banknoten als sprachenpolitisches Instrument
For modern states, multilingualism is not an exception, but the norm. Most states explicitly deal with the status of their languages through their (often rather sparse) legislation, while implicitly reflecting their policy through language use on official documents. Banknotes provide a link between...
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ftunivfreiburg:oai:freidok.uni-freiburg.de:233530 2023-05-15T16:10:47+02:00 Banknoten als sprachenpolitisches Instrument Pröll, Simon 2015 pdf https://freidok.uni-freiburg.de/data/233530 https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-2335304 https://doi.org/10.13092/lo.72.1975 https://freidok.uni-freiburg.de/dnb/download/233530 eng eng https://freidok.uni-freiburg.de/data/233530 free Linguistik online. - 72, 3 (2015) , 111-125, ISSN: 1615-3014 article 2015 ftunivfreiburg https://doi.org/10.13092/lo.72.1975 2023-02-19T23:48:35Z For modern states, multilingualism is not an exception, but the norm. Most states explicitly deal with the status of their languages through their (often rather sparse) legislation, while implicitly reflecting their policy through language use on official documents. Banknotes provide a link between the official policy and its common application, as they are both a document of the state as well as an object of daily use. Here, the state is responsible for bridging the gap between legislature, national identity and the (sometimes conflicting) selfconceptions of its citizens. Thus, banknotes ideally provide evidence on a state’s factual (rather than nominal) language policy. In addition, the textual and pragmatic functions of banknotes are not prone to change over time, which qualifies them as excellent sources for diachronic questions. This article exemplarily illustrates the language policies of Norway, the Faroe Islands, Belgium and Luxembourg, as seen from a sociohistorical perspective, with their respective note emissions during their newer language history (19th and 20th centuries). It closes with a proposal for a typology of different language policies. Article in Journal/Newspaper Faroe Islands University of Freiburg: FreiDok Faroe Islands Norway Linguistik Online 72 3 |
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For modern states, multilingualism is not an exception, but the norm. Most states explicitly deal with the status of their languages through their (often rather sparse) legislation, while implicitly reflecting their policy through language use on official documents. Banknotes provide a link between the official policy and its common application, as they are both a document of the state as well as an object of daily use. Here, the state is responsible for bridging the gap between legislature, national identity and the (sometimes conflicting) selfconceptions of its citizens. Thus, banknotes ideally provide evidence on a state’s factual (rather than nominal) language policy. In addition, the textual and pragmatic functions of banknotes are not prone to change over time, which qualifies them as excellent sources for diachronic questions. This article exemplarily illustrates the language policies of Norway, the Faroe Islands, Belgium and Luxembourg, as seen from a sociohistorical perspective, with their respective note emissions during their newer language history (19th and 20th centuries). It closes with a proposal for a typology of different language policies. |
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