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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789440503321

Titolo

Democratic Policies for Language Revitalisation: The Case of Catalan [[electronic resource] /] / edited by M. Strubell, E. Boix-Fuster

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2011

ISBN

1-283-15901-5

9786613159014

0-230-31253-5

0-230-30242-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2011.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Collana

Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities

Classificazione

LAN009050LAN009010LAN009000

Disciplina

306.44/9467

306.44946

Soggetti

Applied linguistics

Literature

Sociolinguistics

Comparative linguistics

Historical linguistics

Applied Linguistics

Literature, general

Comparative Linguistics

Historical Linguistics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: -- 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.Mari; -- 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.Melià & 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.Melià -- An Overview of Catalan Research into Language Policy and Planning; E.Heiderpriem-Olazábal -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

A collection of studies offering an up-to-date analysis of official policies to promote Catalan in a democratic framework in each of the main Spanish regions where it is spoken: Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands.