TY - JOUR
T1 - Language attitudes in Catalonia
T2 - A contemporary perspective seen from pro-independence sociopolitical organizations
AU - Byrne, Steven
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Intellect Ltd Open Forum.
PY - 2020/3
Y1 - 2020/3
N2 - 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-asa- 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.
AB - 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-asa- 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.
KW - Catalonia
KW - Globalization
KW - Language attitudes
KW - Organizations
KW - Pro-independence
KW - Qualitative research
KW - Sociopolitical
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U2 - 10.1386/IJIS_00014_7
DO - 10.1386/IJIS_00014_7
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85092292374
SN - 1364-971X
VL - 33
SP - 81
EP - 96
JO - International Journal of Iberian Studies
JF - International Journal of Iberian Studies
IS - 1
ER -