What is monolingualism?

The street cleaning sign pictured above combines English, standard German, and Viennese dialect. If a street sign can speak three languages at the same time, why are people expected to choose just one?

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Eurac Research Blogs
Published
2026-02-16
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https://doi.org/10.57708/barclmqkkrlgjggjvo-qo4a
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Linguistic Variation and Morphology
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What is monolingualism?

Giorgia Andreolli, Rebecca Weckenmann
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Linguistic Variation and Morphology
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What is monolingualism?

Giorgia Andreolli, Rebecca Weckenmann
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Abstract

The street cleaning sign pictured above combines English, standard German, and Viennese dialect. If a street sign can speak three languages at the same time, why are people expected to choose just one?

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