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Publication details [#52240]

Plessis, Theo Du. 2009. Die Pan-Suid-Afrikaanse Taalraad en die regulering van taalsigbaarheid in Suid-Afrika - 'n ontleding van taalregteklagtes. Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies 27 (2) : 173–188.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

Afrikaans

Keywords

complaining | language policy | multilingualism | sign

Language as a subject

English, South African | Languages, South African

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

Although the South African constitutional language clause envisages a multilingual landscape, an acute lack of concrete language policy guidelines concerning such language visibility (on public signs) engenders language rights complaints, as forwarded by the Pan-South African Language Board. Language visibility complaints recorded between 1997 and 2006 are analyzed.