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Chapter 18. New speakers

Language and subjectivity
  • Joan Pujolar Cos
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Catalan Sociolinguistics
Ein Kapitel aus dem Buch Catalan Sociolinguistics

Abstract

In this chapter, I argue for the relevance and productivity of research on “new speakers” in sociolinguistics. To this end, I discuss the historical relationships of sociolinguistics with other social sciences in terms of an ongoing adoption of concepts and methods from other disciplines. Accordingly, the concept of new speakers brings up the debates about subjectivity raised by the works of Foucault, Butler, Bhabha and other authors. I illustrate the argument by drawing on data that shows how different profiles of speakers relate to the languages of their repertoires in different ways, and how these different investments shed light on the Catalan sociolinguistic situation and on how it is experienced. I finally argue that attention to subjectivity can help connect sociolinguistics with the scholarly debates taking place around contemporary social movements such as feminism, anti-racism, the LGBT movement and environmentalism.

Abstract

In this chapter, I argue for the relevance and productivity of research on “new speakers” in sociolinguistics. To this end, I discuss the historical relationships of sociolinguistics with other social sciences in terms of an ongoing adoption of concepts and methods from other disciplines. Accordingly, the concept of new speakers brings up the debates about subjectivity raised by the works of Foucault, Butler, Bhabha and other authors. I illustrate the argument by drawing on data that shows how different profiles of speakers relate to the languages of their repertoires in different ways, and how these different investments shed light on the Catalan sociolinguistic situation and on how it is experienced. I finally argue that attention to subjectivity can help connect sociolinguistics with the scholarly debates taking place around contemporary social movements such as feminism, anti-racism, the LGBT movement and environmentalism.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface ix
  4. Chapter 1. Catalan sociolinguistics 1
  5. Chapter 2. History of the group GCS/ASOLC/SOCS 15
  6. Chapter 3. Linguistic ecology 29
  7. Chapter 4. For a prospective sociology of language 39
  8. Chapter 5. Is there a social history of the Catalan language? 55
  9. Chapter 6. Research on language codification 67
  10. Chapter 7. The process of normalising Catalan in the media 93
  11. Chapter 8. The (limited) contribution of Catalan political science to Catalan sociolinguistics 107
  12. Chapter 9. Forty years of language policy in Catalonia (1980–2020) 119
  13. Chapter 10. From normalisation to sustainability 139
  14. Chapter 11. Language law in the Catalan domain 159
  15. Chapter 12. The economics of language 173
  16. Chapter 13. Demolinguistics in Catalan-speaking territories 183
  17. Chapter 14. The linguistic transmission of Catalan 195
  18. Chapter 15. Research on educational sociolinguistics in the Catalan-speaking area 207
  19. Chapter 16. Language and social psychology research in Catalan sociolinguistics 245
  20. Chapter 17. Linguistic anthropology 261
  21. Chapter 18. New speakers 275
  22. Chapter 19. Pragmatics and discourse analysis 297
  23. Chapter 20. The kaleidoscopic universe of the sociolinguistics of variation in the Catalan language 313
  24. Index 331
https://doi.org/10.1075/ivitra.32.18puj

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface ix
  4. Chapter 1. Catalan sociolinguistics 1
  5. Chapter 2. History of the group GCS/ASOLC/SOCS 15
  6. Chapter 3. Linguistic ecology 29
  7. Chapter 4. For a prospective sociology of language 39
  8. Chapter 5. Is there a social history of the Catalan language? 55
  9. Chapter 6. Research on language codification 67
  10. Chapter 7. The process of normalising Catalan in the media 93
  11. Chapter 8. The (limited) contribution of Catalan political science to Catalan sociolinguistics 107
  12. Chapter 9. Forty years of language policy in Catalonia (1980–2020) 119
  13. Chapter 10. From normalisation to sustainability 139
  14. Chapter 11. Language law in the Catalan domain 159
  15. Chapter 12. The economics of language 173
  16. Chapter 13. Demolinguistics in Catalan-speaking territories 183
  17. Chapter 14. The linguistic transmission of Catalan 195
  18. Chapter 15. Research on educational sociolinguistics in the Catalan-speaking area 207
  19. Chapter 16. Language and social psychology research in Catalan sociolinguistics 245
  20. Chapter 17. Linguistic anthropology 261
  21. Chapter 18. New speakers 275
  22. Chapter 19. Pragmatics and discourse analysis 297
  23. Chapter 20. The kaleidoscopic universe of the sociolinguistics of variation in the Catalan language 313
  24. Index 331
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