THE ATTITUDES OF ASTANA RESIDENTS ON THE USAGE OF DIFFERENT LANGUAGES ON STREET SIGNS, BANNERS AND PLACARDS TOWARDS LANGUAGE POLICY

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2019-04-26

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Syzdykova, Zhansaya
Urazalina, Marzhan

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Nazarbayev University Graduate School of Public Policy

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This paper focuses on the attitudes of Astana residents on the usage of different languages combination on the street signs, banners, and placards. The paper discusses whether the language/-s used on the visual infrastructure of the city affect and encourage residents to learn and speak that language/-s. Another aspects that the paper reviews are what categories of street names exist in Astana, what categories residents prefer and what do really affect people’s language behavior....

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language policy

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