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Direct linkRose, Heath; Conama, John Bosco – Language Policy, 2018
Linguistic imperialism--a term used to conceptualize the dominance of one language over others--has been debated in language policy for more than two decades. Spolsky (Language policy, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004), for example, has questioned whether the spread of English was a result of language planning, or was incidental to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sign Language, Language Usage, Public Policy
Schuster, Michal; Elroy, Irit; Elmakais, Ido – Language Policy, 2017
Hospital signage is a critical element in the patients' and visitors understanding of directions, instructions and warnings in the facility. In multilingual environments organizations need to make sure that the information is accessible in the languages of the people who consume their services. As part of a large-scale study that examined the…
Descriptors: Hospitals, Signs, Navigation, Multilingualism
