Trilingual "Sukkat Shalom" street sign, with correct Arabic

Old trilingual "Sukkat Shalom" street sign, with Arabic reading "Iskat Shalom" incorrectly

Sometimes municipal signage does change for the better: After the #Jerusalem municipality revamped their signs in the city center, the Arabic on this "Sukkat Shalom" sign looks much improved, compared to the older, incorrect "Iskat Shalom" version
#Diachronic #LinguisticLandscape #Linguistics

This Thursday (12.06., 14:15h) Álvaro Octavio de Toledo y Huerta (Madrid) will talk in our #CRC1646 colloquium about "Failed changes, and what to learn from them". Join us in H9 our via Zoom! (just drop me a pm for the link)
#Diachronic #SpanishLinguistics

aktuell.uni-bielefeld.de/event/alvaro...

7/ Critics argue #BSA overemphasized #stability and #cohesion, often ignoring conflict, #change, #individuality, #meaning, and #agency. By portraying societies as static, it neglected cultural diversity, historical #diachronic dynamics, and broader #global contexts, limiting its explanatory #power.