Democratic Policies for Language Revitalisation: The Case of Catalan

1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-349-33023-2
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 254 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 346 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Boix-Fuster, E.

Strubell, M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.Marí 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

Über Autor(innen)

ALBERT BRANCHADELL Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain JOSEP GIFREU Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain ELENA HEIDERPRIEM-OLAZÁBAL Head of the Documentation Centre of the Secretariat for Language Policy, Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain ISIDOR MARÍ Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain JOAN MELIÀ University of the Baleriac Islands, Spain BRAULI MONTOYA Department de Filologia Catalana, Universitat d'Alacant, Alicante, Spain EVA PONS Faculty of Law, University of Barcelona, Spain MIQUEL ÀNGEL PRADILLA-CARDONA Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Spain JAUME VERNET ROVIRA I VIRGILI University, Tarragona, Spain F. XAVIER VILA I MORENO University of Barcelona, Spain