Different States, Same Practices: Visual Construction of Language Policy on Banknotes in the Territory of Present-Day Transcarpathia

Autor/inn/en	Csernicskó, István; Beregszászi, Anikó
Titel	Different States, Same Practices: Visual Construction of Language Policy on Banknotes in the Territory of Present-Day Transcarpathia
Quelle	In: Language Policy, 18 (2019) 2, S.269-293 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Csernicskó, István)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1568-4555
DOI	10.1007/s10993-018-9485-3
Schlagwörter	Case Studies; Language Planning; Politics; History; Language Usage; Official Languages; Language Attitudes; Multilingualism; Monolingualism; Social Change; Geographic Regions; Political Influences; Foreign Countries; Public Policy; Monetary Systems; Hungary; Austria; Czechoslovakia; USSR + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Sprachwechsel; Politik; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Sprachgebrauch; Office language; Amtssprache; Sprachverhalten; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Sozialer Wandel; Political influence; Politischer Einfluss; Ausland; Öffentliche Ordnung; Monetary system; Währungssystem; Ungarn; Österreich; Tschechoslowakei
Abstract	In this paper, we explore the role of mundane artefacts, namely bank notes, in the construction of language policy. Our case study involves a site of complex language policy and politics, namely the current day territory of Transcarpathia. During the twentieth century the region of Transcarpathia belonged to several different states: to the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, to Czechoslovakia, to the Kingdom of Hungary, to the Soviet Union and finally to Ukraine. We explore which languages were represented in the inscriptions of the various series of banknotes issued during the twentieth century, based on the assumption that banknotes participate in the official language practices constituting the linguistic landscape (LL) and as such mediate language ideologies. Our study shows that multilingual banknotes were in use in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the Republic of Czechoslovakia, the Kingdom of Hungary and the Soviet Union. Only the currency of independent Ukraine has been monolingual. However, even states issuing multilingual banknotes ensured that the language of the dominant nationality/nation was in the most prominent position. While several states that have ruled over the territory of today's Transcarpathian region during the twentieth century have displayed multilingualism on their banknotes our study shows that this is nothing more than the "societally desirable" form of the "ideal" linguistic landscape. Whether paper money represents the linguistic ideology of pluralism or homogenism, even multilingual notes contribute to the reduction of linguistic diversity by prioritizing standard languages that have official status. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01