When Does Language Become Exclusivist? Linguistic Politics in Catalonia

Bibliographic Data

ID12652927
AuthorsElisa Roller (0000-0001-5867-6212, corresponding author)
Year2002
Volume4
Issue3
Pages273-289
Publication date2002-11-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueNational Identities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1460-8944 • E-ISSN: 1469-9907
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/1460894022000026132
OpenAlexW1973831559
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited5

This article traces the development of linguistic policy in Catalonia over the last few decades and argues that language and linguistic policy continue to be crucial elements in the Catalan nation-building project. In addition, the growing politicisation of language has increasingly become a divisive issue amongst Catalonia's political elite. The Catalan linguistic landscape has moved from one based on linguistic 'normalisation' to a situation where bilingualism is the norm, but the degree to which one language predominates or should predominate over the other continues to be subject to intense public debate. Finally, the article argues that the linguistic consensus which prevailed among Catalan political parties for nearly two decades has slowly begun to disintegrate, accompanied by a growing debate on the use of language as an exclusivist mark of identity in Catalan society

Catalan · Elite · Language policy · Linguistic landscape · Linguistics · Neuroscience of multilingualism · Norm (philosophy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies in Language · Law · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Political Systems and Governance

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