Monday, November 25, 2013

License Plates

From the abstract for an article in the latest edition of Language Problems and Language Planning:

Since the 1990s, language-planning interventions have changed the alphabet on car number-plates in Cyprus three times, while a fourth change is expected to take place in line with the parliamentary decision of 2010.1

I've not read the whole article, but the point it raises is that language planning can touch people's lives on a very practical level - showing that having a concept of ideologies of languages and language identity is a very important thing for government bodies at all levels to have.


  1. Karoulla-Vrikki D. Which alphabet on car number-plates in Cyprus?: An issue of language planning, ideology and identity. Language Problems & Language Planning. 2013;37(3):249-270. doi:10.1075/lplp.37.3.03kar


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