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Plessis, Theo Du. 2011. Language policy, language visibility and the standardisation of geographical names in South Africa – the quest for coherency. Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa 42 (2) : 261–284.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

geolinguistics | language policy | language use | multilingualism | sign

Language as a subject

Afrikaans | English | Languages, South African, Indigenous

Place, Publisher

Routledge

Annotation

This paper examines how South African policy makers employ 'language visibility' (on bilingual name signs) as factor in achieving a measure of coherency between language policy, language visibility and geographical names (road traffic name signs).