Chapter 10. From normalisation to sustainability
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Isidor Marí
Abstract
The policies of public authorities on the status of Catalan since the political transition have not been planned in a systematic way, and have evolved under the disinterest and adversity of Spanish and supranational powers, without overcoming the fragmentation of regional governments and the discontinuity of actions. This paper analyses in a broad way the stages and frameworks in which these public policies on the status of Catalan have taken place. Until the end of the eighties, a linguistic normalization approach predominated, focusing on the creation of a legal and institutional framework that would allow the process of linguistic substitution to be reversed. The need for general language planning became apparent at the end of the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s, but since the end of this last decade, the central idea has been the politics of language. More recently, the changes induced by the process of globalization have led to a perspective focused on linguistic sustainability, which has gained ground in the early 21st century. After the judgment 31/2010 of the Spanish Constitutional Court on the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia, Spain’s policies have been particularly adverse to Catalan. Without a coordinated action of the Catalan-speaking territories being able to overcome the current subordination, the future of Catalan is uncertain.
Abstract
The policies of public authorities on the status of Catalan since the political transition have not been planned in a systematic way, and have evolved under the disinterest and adversity of Spanish and supranational powers, without overcoming the fragmentation of regional governments and the discontinuity of actions. This paper analyses in a broad way the stages and frameworks in which these public policies on the status of Catalan have taken place. Until the end of the eighties, a linguistic normalization approach predominated, focusing on the creation of a legal and institutional framework that would allow the process of linguistic substitution to be reversed. The need for general language planning became apparent at the end of the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s, but since the end of this last decade, the central idea has been the politics of language. More recently, the changes induced by the process of globalization have led to a perspective focused on linguistic sustainability, which has gained ground in the early 21st century. After the judgment 31/2010 of the Spanish Constitutional Court on the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia, Spain’s policies have been particularly adverse to Catalan. Without a coordinated action of the Catalan-speaking territories being able to overcome the current subordination, the future of Catalan is uncertain.
Chapters in this book
- 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
Chapters in this book
- 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
