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Publication details [#58099]

Plessis, Theo Du. 2013. Language conflict and change in language visibility in South Africa's Free State Province number plate case. Language Matters: Studies in the Languages of Africa 44 (3) : 126–148.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
Routledge

Annotation

This print media analysis of language conflict and language visibility change in the South African Free State case surrounding three number plate changes between 1994 and 2002, illuminates the role of activist conduct in turning language dissatisfaction into complete language conflict.