Language attitudes in Catalonia

A contemporary perspective seen from pro-independence sociopolitical organizations

Bibliographic Data

ID12936172
AuthorsSteven Byrne (0000-0003-3457-0741, ISNI: 0000000419369692 University of Limerick, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume33
Issue1
Pages81-96
Publication date2020-03-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Iberian Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1758-9150 • E-ISSN: 1364-971X
PublisherIntellect (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1386/ijis_00014_7
OpenAlexW3033500720
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited15

In a context of increasing linguistic diversity and political uncertainty in Catalonia, this article reports on a research project which set out to explore the attitudes of members of six pro-independence sociopolitical organizations operating in the city of Girona toward Catalan and Spanish. On the basis of six focus groups and ten narrative interviews, this article analyses the respondents’ language attitudes using Ruiz’s framework of language-as-a-problem and language-as-a-resource. Four themes emerge in the informants’ discussion of Catalan and Spanish: ‘Marker of Difference’, ‘(Potential) Social Cohesion’, ‘Imposition’ and ‘Multilingualism as-a-resource’. The comments of the respondents indicate that Catalan and Spanish continue to be mobilized in diverse and varied combinations for a wide range of purposes in Catalonia

Catalan · Cohesion (chemistry · Context (archaeology · Diversity (politics · Geography · Independence (probability theory · Linguistics · Multilingualism · Narrative · Pedagogy · Perspective (graphical · Political science · Politics · Resource (disambiguation · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies in Language · Multilingual Education and Policy · Political Systems and Governance

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