Catalan and Spanish in an independent Catalonia
Linguistic authority and officiality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2858546 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Atkinson (0000-0003-2082-0236, University of Limerick, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 763-785 |
| Publication date | 2018-11-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language in Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-4045 • E-ISSN: 1469-8013 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0047404518001185 |
| OpenAlex | W2896245384 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 21 |
Pro-independence parties won a narrow majority of parliamentary seats in the December 2017 elections in Catalonia. Should Catalonia at some point become independent from Spain, the respective status of Catalan and Spanish is a major issue about which there is significant divergence of opinion, not least within the independence movement in Catalonia. This article approaches the question of language officiality in a hypothetically independent Catalonia through the theoretical lens of linguistic authority, particularly the concepts of anonymity and authenticity. The data, an on-line discussion thread following an interview with a Catalan language activist, reveal a striking diversity of language ideological positions on both the nature of linguistic authority in Catalonia as things stand, as well as how such authority should be constructed and managed in the event of independence, particularly as regards questions of officiality. (Catalonia, linguistic authority, language ideologies, officiality
Catalan · Divergence (linguistics) · Ideology · Independence (probability theory) · Linguistic diversity · Linguistics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Gender Studies in Language · Law · Multilingual Education and Policy · Philosophy · Political Systems and Governance
Double Talk
Catalan Nationalism
Singular and Plural
Linguistic Justice for Europe and for the World
Introduction Language Ideology as a field of inquiry
Outline of a Theory of Practice
Outline of a Theory of Practice
Constructing languages and publics
There's no excuse. Speak Catalan!’– the marketing of language acquisition to mobility students
Minoritisation, Identity and Ethnolinguistic Vitality in Catalonia
Double gateway to the host society? Knowledge and perceptions of Japanese people living in Catalonia regarding language
International universities and implications of internationalisation for minority languages
Discourses of endangerment
Sex, lies and thematising Irish
Goodbye, Spain?' The Question of Independence for Catalonia
Competing ideologies of linguistic authority amongst new speakers in contemporary Galicia
"Normal" in Catalonia
| Citations per year | 0.83 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2025 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |