Language ideological debates in an Olympic city: Barcelona 1992-1996

DiGiacomo, Susan M.

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“…These debates can relate to the form (Jaffe 1999; Schieffelin and Doucet ; Sebba ) or status (Watts ) of languages, to language policy (Schmidt ) or to processes of nation‐building involving references to language (Heller ; Jaffe ; Pujolar ). In autochthonous (or “indigenous” or “regional”) minority language contexts such as the BI, inevitable discussion of the role(s) and status of the dominant or global language(s) and the autochthonous language(s) particularly favors the occurrence of LID (e.g., Boudreau and Dubois ; DiGiacomo ; Heller ; Pujolar ).…”

Section: Minority Language Ideological Debates and Linguistic Authoritymentioning

confidence: 99%

Castilian Takes Backstage in the Balearic Islands: The Activation of Catalan Standardization Recursions in Facebook

Duane

2017

J Linguistic Anthropol

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This article explores the ideological consequences of recent language policy changes in the Balearic Islands, where Catalan and Castilian are the official languages. It will approach the intersection between minoritized language contexts and ideologies of standardization, focusing on negotiations of linguistic authority and linguistic differentiation at the individual level. In the frame of intense language ideological debates in the archipelago, I examine the interactions between members of two large Facebook communities to show how the ideological frame shifts toward one in which the relationship between Balearic varieties and the Catalan standard becomes central, and in which Castilian is only implicitly addressed.

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Section: Minority Language Ideological Debates and Linguistic Authoritymentioning

confidence: 99%

Castilian Takes Backstage in the Balearic Islands: The Activation of Catalan Standardization Recursions in Facebook

Duane

2017

J Linguistic Anthropol

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“…The didactic charts follow the norms set by the modern standardizer of the Catalan language, Pompeu Fabra, in the early 20th century. Fabra generally claimed to base his decisions about a literary standard on “the language as it is spoken now” (DiGiacomo :112), but that was a stretch in the case of the weak pronouns. As an engineer by training, Fabra had a strong logico‐semantic bent (Segarra ).…”

Section: The Weak Pronounsmentioning

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What's So Funny Now? The Strength of Weak Pronouns in Catalonia

Woolard

Bencomo

Soler

2013

J Linguistic Anthropol

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s foundational analyses of linguistic convergence and of code-switching in bilingual and multilingual settings continue to influence work in interactional sociolinguistics, where these phenomena are seen as systematic mobilizations of the bilingual repertoire to cue interlocutors to the ongoing construction of situated meaning. However, the utility of Gumperz's approach is not restricted to interactional, micro-social questions. As Gumperz's own earliest work showed, varying patterns of code-switching and of linguistic convergence can reveal significant macro-social differences in communities across space as well as changes within a community across time. In earlier work, I have used code-switching and convergence as tracers to help gauge sociopolitical change in Catalonia across several decades, particularly by examining the changing patterns of mixed-language practices that make people laugh. In this article, I analyze new Catalan mass-media data (2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013) in order to assess the evolution of the serio-comic situation of Catalan three decades after I first investigated it as a student of Gumperz at the moment of the return to Catalan political autonomy. [Catalan, bilingualism, language ideology, language change, social change] Introduction J ohn Gumperz indelibly marked the study of language in society by focusing analytic attention on nonstandard, hybrid linguistic practices in multilingual communities. Looking closely at speech that was regarded, in popular and even expert views, as ill-formed, incompetent, or careless, Gumperz convincingly and influentially proposed that these were in fact linguistically systematic and socially meaningful strategic practices. He gave us foundational analyses of code-switching and of convergence among linguistic varieties in settings as diverse as Norway and India, and his conceptual framework continues to influence work on linguistic repertoires today.

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“…However, a significant feature of this opposition was that it was largely initiated and fostered from elsewhere in Spain, rather than from within Catalonia itself. It also tended to be firmly located within a broader conservative political agenda advocating the return of a traditional centralist Spanish nationalism, and a related retrenchment of regional autonomy (DiGiacomo 1999;Guibernau 2004). This was a key feature of the political rhetoric of the Spanish conservative party-the Partido Popular-when it was in power from 1996-2004, and one that continues to form part of its political platform in opposition since that time (see also below).…”

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Language Rights: The “Cinderella” Human Right

May

2011

Journal of Human Rights

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In the last 60 years, we have seen the growing development and articulation of human rights, particularly within international law and within and across supranational organizations. However, in that period, the right to maintain one's language(s), without discrimination, remains peculiarly underrepresented and/or problematized as a key human right. This is primarily because the recognition of language rights presupposes recognizing the importance of wider group memberships and social contexts; conceptions that ostensibly militate against the primacy of individual rights in the post-Second World War era. Drawing on theoretical debates in political theory and international law, as well as the substantive empirical example of Catalonia, this article argues that language rights can and should be recognized as an important human right.

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Language ideological debates in an Olympic city: Barcelona 1992-1996

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Castilian Takes Backstage in the Balearic Islands: The Activation of Catalan Standardization Recursions in Facebook

Castilian Takes Backstage in the Balearic Islands: The Activation of Catalan Standardization Recursions in Facebook

What's So Funny Now? The Strength of Weak Pronouns in Catalonia

Language Rights: The “Cinderella” Human Right

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