Democratic policies for language rev...
Boix, Emili, (1956-)

 

  • Democratic policies for language revitalisation[electronic resource] :the case of Catalan /
  • Record Type: Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
    [NT 15000414]: 306.44/9467
    Title/Author: Democratic policies for language revitalisation : the case of Catalan // edited by Miquel Strubell, Emili Boix-Fuster.
    other author: Strubell i Trueta, Miquel,
    Published: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; : Palgrave Macmillan,, 2011.
    Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 254 p.) : : ill.
    Subject: Catalan language - Social aspects. - Spain
    Subject: Language policy - Spain.
    Subject: Language planning.
    Subject: Sociolinguistics.
    Subject: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES - Linguistics
    Subject: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES - Linguistics
    Subject: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES - Linguistics
    ISBN: 9780230312531 (electronic bk.)
    ISBN: 0230312535 (electronic bk.)
    ISBN: 9780230302426 (electronic bk.)
    ISBN: 0230302424 (electronic bk.)
    [NT 15000227]: Includes bibliographical references and index.
    [NT 15000228]: Acknowledgements -- Introduction; E. Boix & M. Strubell -- La Catalanofonia: A Community in Search of Linguistic Normality; M.A. Pradilla-Cardona -- The Legal Systems of the Catalan Language; J. Vernet & E. Pons -- Policies Governing the Use of Languages in Relations Between the Authorities and the Public; I. Ma�r -- Language in Education Policies; F.X. Vila i Moreno -- Policies Promoting the Use of Catalan in Oral Communications and to Improve Attitudes Towards the Language; E. Boix, J. Mel�i & �B. Montoya -- Language Policies in the Public Media and the Promotion of Catalan in the Private Media, Arts and Information Technologies; J. Gifreu -- Language Policy in the World of Business and Consumer Affairs: From Non-Existence to Ineffectiveness; J. Mel�i -- An Overview of Catalan Research into Language Policy and Planning; E. Heiderpriem-Ola�zbal -- Index --
    [NT 15000229]: Who cares about the future of their language? How can the decay of linguistic diversity around the world be stopped, or even reversed? Can medium-sized language communities counter homogenizing forces: political subordination, immigration, globalization? The Catalan-speaking territories show that democratic language planning is feasible and can raise group self-esteem. The main Catalan-speaking communities in Spain (Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands) have regional parliaments that have enacted broadly similar legislation; nevertheless, using a comparative approach, the book also highlights striking differences between regional policies. It concentrates on the regionalised system defined in Spain's 1978 Constitution following decades of political repression. It provides the historical and sociolinguistic information that linguists and political scientists need to understand complex relationships: between language planning and policy, on one hand, and stereotypes, attitudes and political will, on the other. Leading academics have worked together to provide a critical appraisal of these policies and their success, thus filling a gap in the English-language literature on the subject.
    Online resource: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
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