Chapter 9. Forty years of language policy in Catalonia (1980–2020)
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Elvira Riera-Gil
Abstract
This article provides a summary of language policies implemented in Catalonia since the recovery of self-government in 1979, drawing attention to their main successes and failures and to their current challenges. It distinguishes three stages regarding the governmental intervention in linguistic skills, practices and ideologies. First, a large stage (1980–2002) of initial impetus and development, characterised by a significant social consensus around the need of recovering Catalan as a democratic right and unequivocal sign of the collective identity after Franco dictatorship. Second, a stage (2003–2010) of adaptive growth, marked by a huge demo-linguistic impact of international immigration, political instability and more contestation of language policies. Third, a stage (2011–2020) of discreet work, impacted by a strong nation-building conflict between Catalonia and Spain, the rise of secessionism and its subsequent repression by the State.
Abstract
This article provides a summary of language policies implemented in Catalonia since the recovery of self-government in 1979, drawing attention to their main successes and failures and to their current challenges. It distinguishes three stages regarding the governmental intervention in linguistic skills, practices and ideologies. First, a large stage (1980–2002) of initial impetus and development, characterised by a significant social consensus around the need of recovering Catalan as a democratic right and unequivocal sign of the collective identity after Franco dictatorship. Second, a stage (2003–2010) of adaptive growth, marked by a huge demo-linguistic impact of international immigration, political instability and more contestation of language policies. Third, a stage (2011–2020) of discreet work, impacted by a strong nation-building conflict between Catalonia and Spain, the rise of secessionism and its subsequent repression by the State.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface ix
- Chapter 1. Catalan sociolinguistics 1
- Chapter 2. History of the group GCS/ASOLC/SOCS 15
- Chapter 3. Linguistic ecology 29
- Chapter 4. For a prospective sociology of language 39
- Chapter 5. Is there a social history of the Catalan language? 55
- Chapter 6. Research on language codification 67
- Chapter 7. The process of normalising Catalan in the media 93
- Chapter 8. The (limited) contribution of Catalan political science to Catalan sociolinguistics 107
- Chapter 9. Forty years of language policy in Catalonia (1980–2020) 119
- Chapter 10. From normalisation to sustainability 139
- Chapter 11. Language law in the Catalan domain 159
- Chapter 12. The economics of language 173
- Chapter 13. Demolinguistics in Catalan-speaking territories 183
- Chapter 14. The linguistic transmission of Catalan 195
- Chapter 15. Research on educational sociolinguistics in the Catalan-speaking area 207
- Chapter 16. Language and social psychology research in Catalan sociolinguistics 245
- Chapter 17. Linguistic anthropology 261
- Chapter 18. New speakers 275
- Chapter 19. Pragmatics and discourse analysis 297
- Chapter 20. The kaleidoscopic universe of the sociolinguistics of variation in the Catalan language 313
- Index 331
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Preface ix
- Chapter 1. Catalan sociolinguistics 1
- Chapter 2. History of the group GCS/ASOLC/SOCS 15
- Chapter 3. Linguistic ecology 29
- Chapter 4. For a prospective sociology of language 39
- Chapter 5. Is there a social history of the Catalan language? 55
- Chapter 6. Research on language codification 67
- Chapter 7. The process of normalising Catalan in the media 93
- Chapter 8. The (limited) contribution of Catalan political science to Catalan sociolinguistics 107
- Chapter 9. Forty years of language policy in Catalonia (1980–2020) 119
- Chapter 10. From normalisation to sustainability 139
- Chapter 11. Language law in the Catalan domain 159
- Chapter 12. The economics of language 173
- Chapter 13. Demolinguistics in Catalan-speaking territories 183
- Chapter 14. The linguistic transmission of Catalan 195
- Chapter 15. Research on educational sociolinguistics in the Catalan-speaking area 207
- Chapter 16. Language and social psychology research in Catalan sociolinguistics 245
- Chapter 17. Linguistic anthropology 261
- Chapter 18. New speakers 275
- Chapter 19. Pragmatics and discourse analysis 297
- Chapter 20. The kaleidoscopic universe of the sociolinguistics of variation in the Catalan language 313
- Index 331