Chapter 11. Language law in the Catalan domain
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Eva Pons Parera
Abstract
The scientific study of linguistic law in the Catalan field begins, during the decade of the eighties of the twentieth century, with the approval of the first laws of linguistic normalization of the Autonomous Communities of the Spanish State, at a time when the development of this area of study is still incipient at European and world level. Theoretical studies share common premises, when articulated around the notions of official languages and Catalan as the own language and their projection in the regulation of linguistic uses in the different sectors, and adopt a propositional approach, often critical to the jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court. As of the Judgement of 28 Of June of 2010, on the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, this constitutional jurisprudence imposes an even stricter limits to the regional legislator, that are at the same time reinterpreted restrictively by the ordinary tribunes, which supposes a clear brake to the development of these studies. The legal and doctrinal evolution in the territories located under Andorran, French and Italian jurisdiction responds to different patterns, such as the constitutionalization of Catalan as the official language of the Andorran State in the decade of the 1990s and the interpretation and deployment of constitutional notions of linguistic minority, in Italy, and regional language, in France, of application to the Catalan language in these territories.
Abstract
The scientific study of linguistic law in the Catalan field begins, during the decade of the eighties of the twentieth century, with the approval of the first laws of linguistic normalization of the Autonomous Communities of the Spanish State, at a time when the development of this area of study is still incipient at European and world level. Theoretical studies share common premises, when articulated around the notions of official languages and Catalan as the own language and their projection in the regulation of linguistic uses in the different sectors, and adopt a propositional approach, often critical to the jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court. As of the Judgement of 28 Of June of 2010, on the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, this constitutional jurisprudence imposes an even stricter limits to the regional legislator, that are at the same time reinterpreted restrictively by the ordinary tribunes, which supposes a clear brake to the development of these studies. The legal and doctrinal evolution in the territories located under Andorran, French and Italian jurisdiction responds to different patterns, such as the constitutionalization of Catalan as the official language of the Andorran State in the decade of the 1990s and the interpretation and deployment of constitutional notions of linguistic minority, in Italy, and regional language, in France, of application to the Catalan language in these territories.
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
