Abstract
This publication examines which languages were represented in the inscriptions of different series of banknotes issued between the First and Second World Wars (1919–1938) in the Czechoslovak Republiс. Along with portraits of historical figures, images relating to the culture and history of a particular nation, the presence (or absence) of banknotes of languages is also an element of symbolic politics and part of the manifestation of the language policy of a particular state. Banknotes are seen as an element of the linguistic landscape, and the linguistic landscape is understood as a reflection of language policy, its peculiar public expression. The main purpose of the study was to show why the Polish language appeared on the banknotes of Czechoslovakia, which were in circulation between 1919 and 1925, and to analyse why the Polish language disappeared from paper money after 1926. Placed languages on banknotes are subject to quantitative and qualitative analysis, examines the location of languages, the relationship between them. It is shown that the concept of "linguistic landscape" is not only an analysis of signs in public places, it can be interpreted and investigated in various ways. We believe that part of the increasingly interpreted linguistic landscape may also be the analysis of languages used in monetary units. It is noted that the historical approach to the analysis of the linguistic landscape helps to clarify aspects of language policy and linguistic ideologies. The authors conclude that even states that issue multilingual banknotes guarantee that the state language should be in a dominant position. The article shows why the Ukrainian, German, Polish and Hungarian languages appeared next to Czech and Slovak on the banknotes of the first issue of the Czechoslovak Republic. The Polish language was reflected on Czechoslovak banknotes that were in circulation between 1919–1925, but Prague removed the Polish language from paper money after 1926. The article analyses the reasons for the appearance and disappearance of the Polish language on the banknotes of the Czechoslovak Republic. Keywords: banknotes, language policy, linguistic landscape, polish language, Czechoslovak Republic.
Highlights
Along with portraits of historical figures, images relating to the culture and history of a particular nation, the presence of banknotes of languages is an element of symbolic politics and part of the manifestation of the language policy of a particular state
Banknotes are seen as an element of the linguistic landscape, and the linguistic landscape is understood as a reflection of language policy, its peculiar public expression
The main purpose of the study was to show why the Polish language appeared on the banknotes of Czechoslovakia, which were in circulation between 1919 and 1925, and to analyse why the Polish language disappeared from paper money after 1926
Summary
Мовна політика і мовний ландшафт: Польська мова на банкнотах чехословацької республіки 1919–1938 рр. Які мови і як можуть з’являтися чи з’являються в мовному ландшафті в широкому його розумінні, відображає мету мовної політики певної держави, а також дає інформацію про мовну ідеологію та позицію влади. Мета дослідження – показати, чому з’явилася польська мова на банкнотах Чехословаччини, що були в обігу між 1919 та 1925 рр., і проаналізувати, з яких причин вона зникла з паперових грошей після 1926 року.
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