182028887 03 01 01 JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 JB code IVITRA 32 Eb 15 9789027256911 06 10.1075/ivitra.32 13 2022041960 DG 002 02 01 IVITRA 02 2211-5412 IVITRA Research in Linguistics and Literature 32 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Catalan Sociolinguistics</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">State of the art and future challenges</Subtitle> 01 ivitra.32 01 https://benjamins.com 02 https://benjamins.com/catalog/ivitra.32 1 B01 Miquel Àngel Pradilla Cardona Pradilla Cardona, Miquel Àngel Miquel Àngel Pradilla Cardona Rovira i Virgili University & Institute of Catalan Studies 01 eng 343 x 333 LAN009050 v.2006 CFB 2 24 JB Subject Scheme LIN.ROM Romance linguistics 24 JB Subject Scheme LIN.SOCIO Sociolinguistics and Dialectology 06 01 L’objectiu de l’obra <i>Catalan Sociolinguistics. State of the Art and Future Challenges</i> és donar compte, de manera sumària, dels grans vèrtexs en què s’ha manifestat l’estudi de la relació entre llengua i societat en la comunitat lingüística catalana, la recepció que s’ha fet dels plantejaments internacionals i l’adaptació domèstica.<br />Cada tradició sociolingüística ha interpretat la interacció esmentada amb plantejaments específics. La catalana, per exemple, ha apostat per una visió integradora de tot un seguit de treballs que arriben des d’àmbits temàtics diversos (economia, dret, ciència política, comunicació, ecologia, variació lingüística, antropologia, etc.). Així, en el llibre que el lector té a les mans, els autors dels diferents capítols, reconeguts especialistes en la matèria avaluada, ens han ofert mirades complementàries que ens permetran avançar cap a una anàlisi de conjunt, una tasca que es mostrava peremptòria en el marc d’un horitzó finalista de cohesionar internament la disciplina.<br />The aim of the work <i>Catalan Sociolinguistics. State of the Art and Future Challenges</i> is to give an account, in a summary way, of the major topics dealt with by the study of the relation between language and society in the Catalan language community, and the extent to which international approaches have been received and how they have been adapted to the Catalan domain.<br />Every tradition has interpreted this interaction with specific approaches. The Catalan tradition, for example, has opted for a vision that integrates a wide range of studies on different themes (economy, law, political science, communication, ecology, linguistic variation, anthropology, and so on). So, in the book you are holding, the authors of the various chapters, recognised specialists in their fields, have provided complementary views that will enable us to make an overall analysis, something that was urgently needed in the context of the ultimate aim of bringing internal consistency to the discipline. 04 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/ivitra.32.png 04 03 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027212740.jpg 04 03 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027212740.tif 06 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/ivitra.32.hb.png 07 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/ivitra.32.png 25 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/ivitra.32.hb.png 27 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/ivitra.32.hb.png 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.pre ix x 2 Miscellaneous 1 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Preface</TitleText> 1 A01 Miquel Àngel Pradilla Cardona Pradilla Cardona, Miquel Àngel Miquel Àngel Pradilla Cardona 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.01pra 1 14 14 Chapter 2 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 1. Catalan sociolinguistics</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">A multifaceted discipline</Subtitle> 1 A01 Miquel Àngel Pradilla Cardona Pradilla Cardona, Miquel Àngel Miquel Àngel Pradilla Cardona Rovira i Virgili University and Institute of Catalan Studies 20 Catalan sociolinguistics 20 corpus planning 20 ethnography of communication 20 linguistic planning 20 sociology of language 20 status planning 20 variationism 01 Almost five decades after its foundation, Catalan sociolinguistics is a vigorous discipline. It should be said, however, that the magnitude of the research carried out reveals a knowledge area with extremely vague limits. On the whole, Catalan sociolinguistics still presents a clearly sociological bias. The sociology of language is still the object of most of the scientific output by a critical mass of researchers who largely insist on empathising with the communicative viability of Catalan. Of course, the initial militancy following its foundation has been toned down, but even so, controversial approaches persist. Despite the emphasis I have given to the section on macrosociology, Catalan sociolinguistics has also been active in the fields of variationism, the ethnography of communication and, in particular, pragmatics. The contributions made by microsociolinguistics show that Catalan sociolinguistics is a multidimensional entity with an ever-increasing diversity of interests. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.02val 15 28 14 Chapter 3 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 2. History of the group GCS/ASOLC/SOCS</TitleText> 1 A01 Francesc Vallverdu Vallverdu, Francesc Francesc Vallverdu Institute of Catalan Studies 20 Catalan countries 20 catalan language 20 language planning 20 linguistic standardization 20 sociolinguistics 01 In 1973 a small group of scholars from the Catalan Countries joined to form the Catalan Group of Sociolinguistics (GCS). Their mission was to promote the planning of the Catalan language and sociolinguistic studies in this area. Their first public appearance was at the 8th Congress of Sociology (Toronto, 1974), where, thanks to L.V. Aracil – one of the promoters of GCS –, a session on the Catalan language was organised, the material from which was published in 1977 in the first issue of the annual review Treballs de Sociolingüística Catalana. In 1981, GCS had eighteen associates and by 2005, the group’s expansion led to its becoming the Association of Catalan Language Sociolinguists (ASOLC). Shortly after it became a subsidiary of the Institute of Catalan Studies (IEC) and in 2008 it adopted the name Catalan Society of Sociolinguistics (SOCS). Over the years this association has not only been dedicated to promoting and disseminating sociolinguistic research, but it has also been involved in numerous planning initiatives. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.03com 29 38 10 Chapter 4 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 3. Linguistic ecology</TitleText> 1 A01 Pere Comellas Casanova Comellas Casanova, Pere Pere Comellas Casanova Endangered Languages Study Group 20 diversity 20 ecolinguistics 20 ecosystem 20 holism 01 In Catalan sociolinguistics, ecolinguistics emerged early on and has recently undergone considerable development. The article briefly reexamines the history of this sphere of linguistics and the main areas of interest stemming from it. These areas are based on the adaptation of the epistemological model of ecology to sociolinguistics, with the adoption of concepts such as ecosystem or emergency and with a criticism of mechanical and analytical conceptions, being replaced by a holistic perspective. They are also based on the acceptance of certain proposals from ecology such as conservation and diversophilia. Finally, other areas are mentioned, such as catastrophe theory or ecological analogy in discourse analysis. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.04que 39 54 16 Chapter 5 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 4. For a prospective sociology of language</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">From prophecy to foresight</Subtitle> 1 A01 Ernest Querol Puig Querol Puig, Ernest Ernest Querol Puig Open University of Catalonia and Higher Council for the Evaluation of the Education System 20 discourse analysis 20 prediction 20 prophecy 20 prospective 20 the future of Catalan 01 The paper begins by defining the term prospective and goes on to analyze the studies that have been carried out “significantly, only in Catalonia” to predict the future of the Catalan language. Firstly, a critical analysis is made of ‘pseudo-prophetic’ studies – which cannot be considered prospective – that are based on an inability to contemplate a monolingual future, a dream that began with the onset of democracy. The second part of the paper deals with studies that, conversely, can be termed prospective and the third part highlights the advantages of prospective studies and suggests that they be used in language sociology, particularly in the areas of planning and language policy in order to both foresee and prevent. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.05nic 55 66 12 Chapter 6 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 5. Is there a social history of the Catalan language?</TitleText> 1 A01 Miquel Nicolàs Nicolàs, Miquel Miquel Nicolàs University of Valencia 20 historical sociolinguistics 20 history of Catalan language 20 linguistic historiography 01 Over the last century, historical linguistics has produced notable studies on the formal evolution of the Catalan language. Moreover, in recent decades Catalan sociolinguistics has been developed, connecting theory and empirical description to language policy. However, a social history of the Catalan language has not been developed nor historical sociolinguistics, strictly speaking, bar a few random examples. The reasons for this deficit are both internal (the limitations of the subject matter, the inertia and the stagnation of philological studies…) and external (the socio-political and market constraints imposed on the Catalan language). We therefore propose to move towards a new paradigm in which the linguistic diachrony is integrated within social sciences, open to self-criticism and to overcoming ideological apriorism. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.06cos 67 91 25 Chapter 7 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 6. Research on language codification</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">A general proposal</Subtitle> 1 A01 Joan Costa-Carreras Costa-Carreras, Joan Joan Costa-Carreras Pompeu Fabra University 20 Applied Linguistics 20 Catalan language 20 prescriptive grammar 20 standardology 01 In a previous work (Costa-Carreras 2016c: “La planificació de corpus sobre el català: bibliografia classificada i comentada”) I reviewed the research on Catalan normative grammar systematically. The present paper aims at updating this information, but previously it focuses on the concept of research into normative grammar by analysing what objects, objectives, theoretical frameworks, methodologies, infrastructure and actors need to be involved. So in the first part the concept of research into normative grammar is analysed, and in the second part an update of the bibliography on research in Catalan normative grammar is provided. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.07gif 93 106 14 Chapter 8 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 7. The process of normalising Catalan in the media</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">Notes on the evolution of research (1980–2020)</Subtitle> 1 A01 Josep Gifreu Gifreu, Josep Josep Gifreu Pompeu Fabra University and the Institute of Catalan Studies 2 A01 Maria Corominas Corominas, Maria Maria Corominas Autonomous University of Barcelona and Institute of Catalan Studies 20 Catalan language 20 communication policy 20 language policy 20 media 20 research 01 The aim of this chapter consists of an initial overall approach to the research carried out over the last 40 years on the process of normalising the Catalan Language in the conventional media (press, radio and television) and online. Firstly, it summarizes the research on the relationship between language policies and communication policies related to the processes of normalisation (“status planning”); secondly, the study of the general process of language standardisation in the media, (“corpus planning”); and, thirdly, the study of the processes and scope of implementation of Catalan in the media (extension of use). 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.08bra 107 118 12 Chapter 9 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 8. The (limited) contribution of Catalan political science to Catalan sociolinguistics</TitleText> 1 A01 Albert Branchadell Branchadell, Albert Albert Branchadell Autonomous University of Barcelona 20 Catalan political science 20 Catalan sociolinguistics 20 Catalan-speaking area 20 language policy 20 political theory 01 This paper provides an assessment of the contribution of local political scientists to the study of the relationship between language and society in the Catalan-speaking area in the last 25 years. First, the contribution of local political scientists is quite modest in quantitative terms. As a matter of fact, it can be reduced to six people, two of whom are no longer active in the field. Second, this contribution is rather restricted in scope. Only in the areas of political theory and public policies has there been any noteworthy activity. Third, political scientists’ endeavours have had limited influence on the Catalan scholarly milieu and, more specifically, among sociolinguists, who clearly dominate the study of the relationship between language and society in the Catalan-speaking area. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.09rie 119 138 20 Chapter 10 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 9. Forty years of language policy in Catalonia (1980–2020)</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">Intervention in linguistic skills, practices and ideologies</Subtitle> 1 A01 Elvira Riera-Gil Riera-Gil, Elvira Elvira Riera-Gil 20 Catalonia 20 language ideology 20 language policy 20 language practice 20 language skill 01 This article provides a summary of language policies implemented in Catalonia since the recovery of self-government in 1979, drawing attention to their main successes and failures and to their current challenges. It distinguishes three stages regarding the governmental intervention in linguistic skills, practices and ideologies. First, a large stage (1980–2002) of initial impetus and development, characterised by a significant social consensus around the need of recovering Catalan as a democratic right and unequivocal sign of the collective identity after Franco dictatorship. Second, a stage (2003–2010) of adaptive growth, marked by a huge demo-linguistic impact of international immigration, political instability and more contestation of language policies. Third, a stage (2011–2020) of discreet work, impacted by a strong nation-building conflict between Catalonia and Spain, the rise of secessionism and its subsequent repression by the State. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.10mar 139 158 20 Chapter 11 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 10. From normalisation to sustainability</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">The limits of status planning</Subtitle> 1 A01 Isidor Marí Marí, Isidor Isidor Marí Open University of Catalonia and Institute of Catalan Studies 20 language planning 20 language policy 20 linguistic normalization 20 linguistic sustainability 20 status planning 01 The policies of public authorities on the status of Catalan since the political transition have not been planned in a systematic way, and have evolved under the disinterest and adversity of Spanish and supranational powers, without overcoming the fragmentation of regional governments and the discontinuity of actions. This paper analyses in a broad way the stages and frameworks in which these public policies on the status of Catalan have taken place. Until the end of the eighties, a linguistic normalization approach predominated, focusing on the creation of a legal and institutional framework that would allow the process of linguistic substitution to be reversed. The need for general language planning became apparent at the end of the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s, but since the end of this last decade, the central idea has been the politics of language. More recently, the changes induced by the process of globalization have led to a perspective focused on linguistic sustainability, which has gained ground in the early 21st century. After the judgment 31/2010 of the Spanish Constitutional Court on the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia, Spain’s policies have been particularly adverse to Catalan. Without a coordinated action of the Catalan-speaking territories being able to overcome the current subordination, the future of Catalan is uncertain. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.11pon 159 172 14 Chapter 12 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 11. Language law in the Catalan domain</TitleText> 1 A01 Eva Pons Parera Pons Parera, Eva Eva Pons Parera University of Barcelona 20 Catalan 20 Catalan-speaking territories 20 constitucional jurisprudence 20 language law 20 legal research 20 ofificial language 01 The scientific study of linguistic law in the Catalan field begins, during the decade of the eighties of the twentieth century, with the approval of the first laws of linguistic normalization of the Autonomous Communities of the Spanish State, at a time when the development of this area of study is still incipient at European and world level. Theoretical studies share common premises, when articulated around the notions of official languages and Catalan as the own language and their projection in the regulation of linguistic uses in the different sectors, and adopt a propositional approach, often critical to the jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court. As of the Judgement of 28 Of June of 2010, on the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, this constitutional jurisprudence imposes an even stricter limits to the regional legislator, that are at the same time reinterpreted restrictively by the ordinary tribunes, which supposes a clear brake to the development of these studies. The legal and doctrinal evolution in the territories located under Andorran, French and Italian jurisdiction responds to different patterns, such as the constitutionalization of Catalan as the official language of the Andorran State in the decade of the 1990s and the interpretation and deployment of constitutional notions of linguistic minority, in Italy, and regional language, in France, of application to the Catalan language in these territories. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.12ala 173 182 10 Chapter 13 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 12. The economics of language</TitleText> 1 A01 Amado Alarcón Alarcón Alarcón Alarcón, Amado Amado Alarcón Alarcón Rovira i Virgili University 20 economic competition 20 economic method 20 economy of language 20 use value 01 This article reviews the contributions made from the Catalan academia to the economy of the language. The economics of language comprises two subfields: (1) the study of the relationships between language and economic activity, and (2) the study of the social dimensions of language from the economic method in a strict sense. The production from the economy of the language in strict sense has few although original researches. Among the inquiries that have been made, stands out that is characterized by the emphasis on the value of the language itself, and not just in the exchange value of a given language. Also is remarkable the analysis of the economic and political competition between linguistic groups. In spite of the relevance of the problems dealt with, there has not been a specialization of researchers in the study of the relations between economy and language in the Catalan linguistic sphere. Lack of research brings us the problem that research is essentially replaced by untested dominant social representations about dimension of language speakers community as the only factor for market valuation and economic growth. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.13tor 183 194 12 Chapter 14 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 13. Demolinguistics in Catalan-speaking territories</TitleText> 1 A01 Joaquim Torres Torres, Joaquim Joaquim Torres Catalan Society of Sociolinguistics 20 Catalan domain 20 Catalan language 20 demolinguistics 20 sociolinguistics 01 The article starts by explaining the origins of “demolinguistics” and the reasons behind its emergence and goes on to assess how it has stretched to other parts of the world. The paper then goes into further depth on the emergence of this discipline in the Catalan language domain and, in particular, its evolution in this sphere. This evolution is divided into five stages; two of them date back to the past century and the other three date from the 21st century. The paper then outlines the main issues that demolinguistics deals with in the Catalan sphere and, to conclude, it lists a number of key challenges that the discipline faces. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.14mas 195 206 12 Chapter 15 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 14. The linguistic transmission of Catalan</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">Current state of affairs and analysis</Subtitle> 1 A01 Antoni Mas Miralles Mas Miralles, Antoni Antoni Mas Miralles University of Alacant and Interuniversity Institute of Valencian Philology 2 A01 Brauli Montoya Abat Montoya Abat, Brauli Brauli Montoya Abat University of Alacant and Institute of Catalan Studies 20 Catalan language 20 family 20 qualitative analysis 20 quantitative analysis 20 sociolinguistic 20 transmission 01 This article is divided into three parts. Firstly, the introduction deals with the need to regard transmission, which includes interruption and revernacularisation, as a process that is essential for understanding the sociolinguistic reality of a language. This analysis is based on the theoretical principles of Social Psychology, Sociology and Sociolinguistics. Secondly, there is a brief summary of the studies which have been carried out so far in Catalan on this topic, both from a quantitative and qualitative point of view. And finally, the conclusion outlines some suggestions and proposals, including the need for a specific theoretical-methodological framework and specific terminology, the importance of using this type of combined quantitative and qualitative analysis, and the possibility of redirecting planning towards the recovery of the Catalan language within the family. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.15vil 207 244 38 Chapter 16 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 15. Research on educational sociolinguistics in the Catalan-speaking area</TitleText> 1 A01 F. Xavier Moreno Vila Moreno Vila, F. Xavier F. Xavier Moreno Vila Universitat de Barcelona 20 Castilian language 20 Catalan conjunction model 20 Catalan language 20 educational linguistics 20 immersion 01 This article starts with a definition of the field and the identification of the main agents that play a social role in language-in-education policies, and then moves to review the evolution and the state of the art of educational sociolinguistics research in the Catalan-speaking territories. The article surveys the main theoretical and applied debates during the Republican period in the 1930’s, the controversies about language and education in the late period of Francoist dictatorship, the many challenges associated with the definition of a school language model in the early decades of the autonomy between the 1970’s and the 1980’s, the development of a plurality of research studies connected, among others, with sociological and ethnographic perspectives, and the growing role of linguistic and cultural diversity in the first two decades of the 21st century. The article ends with a critical balance of achievement and what-to-does in the field. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.16com 245 260 16 Chapter 17 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 16. Language and social psychology research in Catalan sociolinguistics</TitleText> 1 A01 Llorenç Comajoan-Colomé Comajoan-Colomé, Llorenç Llorenç Comajoan-Colomé Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya 2 A01 Miquel Strubell Strubell, Miquel Miquel Strubell Societat Catalana de Sociolingüística 20 Catalan sociolinguistics 20 language and social psychology 20 language attitudes 01 This chapter reviews research in language and social psychology (LSP) as an academic area and investigates to what extent global trends are followed in Catalan sociolinguistics. The chapter is organized into three main sections. The first section reviews the relation between social psychology and sociolinguistics and provides definitions of the field and lays out the evolution of prominent themes in the study of LSP. The second section provides a chronological account of the main research topics in social psychology in Catalan sociolinguistics and shows that in the 1990–2010 period LSP research regarding Catalan was mostly dominated by studies in linguistic attitudes. In a later period, LSP became much more prominent in Catalan sociolinguistics, with a focus on attitudes, linguistic ideology, and issues connected to demographics (e.g., immigration). The third section concludes that LSP research is at the crossroads of research and practice, what is universal and what is contextual, and that the social impact of research in LSP in the Catalan-speaking territories (e.g., research on language attitudes) has been rather low. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.17arg 261 274 14 Chapter 18 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 17. Linguistic anthropology</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">Concepts and field sites</Subtitle> 1 A01 Joan A. Argenter Argenter, Joan A. Joan A. Argenter Autonomous University of Barcelona 20 code-switching 20 language choice 20 language ideologies 20 language shift 20 linguistic ethnography 01 Since ethnography is born out of anthropological science, the article focuses on ethnographic sociolinguistic research. From a theoretical and methodological framework, the notions of social meaning, speech community and context are dealt with and so is the role of indexicality, particularly non-referential indexicality. Subsequently, several phenomena that have been studied by Catalan sociolinguists following this line of research are identified and significant contributions in each area are underlined: language choice, code-switching, youth linguistic practices, social inequality and the ethnography of school, intercultural communication, language shift, language attrition and language death, language ideologies and historical linguistic ethnography. Finally, some contributions by Catalan anthropologists studying South American or African indigenous communities are described. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.18puj 275 296 22 Chapter 19 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 18. New speakers</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">Language and subjectivity</Subtitle> 1 A01 Joan Pujolar Cos Pujolar Cos, Joan Joan Pujolar Cos Universitat Oberta de Catalunya 20 applied linguistics 20 critical 20 feminism 20 identities 20 identity 20 interdisciplinary 20 intersectionality 20 method 20 methodology 20 muda 20 mudes 20 native speaker 20 new speaker 20 power 20 subject 20 subjectivity 20 transdisciplinary 01 In this chapter, I argue for the relevance and productivity of research on “new speakers” in sociolinguistics. To this end, I discuss the historical relationships of sociolinguistics with other social sciences in terms of an ongoing adoption of concepts and methods from other disciplines. Accordingly, the concept of new speakers brings up the debates about subjectivity raised by the works of Foucault, Butler, Bhabha and other authors. I illustrate the argument by drawing on data that shows how different profiles of speakers relate to the languages of their repertoires in different ways, and how these different investments shed light on the Catalan sociolinguistic situation and on how it is experienced. I finally argue that attention to subjectivity can help connect sociolinguistics with the scholarly debates taking place around contemporary social movements such as feminism, anti-racism, the LGBT movement and environmentalism. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.19alt 297 312 16 Chapter 20 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 19. Pragmatics and discourse analysis</TitleText> 1 A01 Nuria Alturo Alturo, Nuria Nuria Alturo University of Barcelona 20 Catalan 20 discourse analysis 20 functional variation 20 grammar 20 pragmatics 20 social variation 01 The aim of this article is to show the relationship between the general goals of pragmatics and discourse analysis research in modern linguistics and the particular goals of Catalan pragmatics and discourse analysis research. It is assumed that pragmatics and discourse analysis can be considered, on the whole, to be a single scientific discipline, the general aim of which is to offer an interdisciplinary functional view of language use and communication. According to this general aim, pragmatic and discourse analysis studies seek explanations on both use processes and the relationship between language use and language structures. From these two areas of interest, a series of interdependent scientific objectives have developed that have been studied to varying extents in Catalan language research. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.20pra 313 330 18 Chapter 21 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 20. The kaleidoscopic universe of the sociolinguistics of variation in the Catalan language</TitleText> 1 A01 Miquel Àngel Pradilla Cardona Pradilla Cardona, Miquel Àngel Miquel Àngel Pradilla Cardona Rovira i Virgili University 20 linguistic change 20 linguistic variation 20 pragmatics 20 sociolinguistics 01 In the transition from autonomous linguistics, that is to say linguistics centred exclusively on the structural analysis of language, to a type of discipline with an inherent concern for the interaction between linguistics and socio-pragmatic variables, a good deal of proposals have been made, both theoretical and methodological.Without a doubt the sociolinguistic variation model is one of the most successful. This model has made it possible to advance in the social characterisation of language, as well as in the organisation and interpretation of linguistic diversity. This article deals with the various approaches that have been proposed within the field of Catalan variationist studies: from W. Labov’s orthodox proposals to the socialisation component in dialectal and geolinguistic approaches. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.index 331 333 3 Miscellaneous 22 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Index</TitleText> 02 JBENJAMINS John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 John Benjamins Publishing Company Amsterdam/Philadelphia NL 04 20221201 2022 John Benjamins B.V. 02 WORLD 13 15 9789027212740 01 JB 3 John Benjamins e-Platform 03 jbe-platform.com 09 WORLD 21 01 00 99.00 EUR R 01 00 83.00 GBP Z 01 gen 00 149.00 USD S 46028886 03 01 01 JB John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 JB code IVITRA 32 Hb 15 9789027212740 13 2022041959 BB 01 IVITRA 02 2211-5412 IVITRA Research in Linguistics and Literature 32 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Catalan Sociolinguistics</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">State of the art and future challenges</Subtitle> 01 ivitra.32 01 https://benjamins.com 02 https://benjamins.com/catalog/ivitra.32 1 B01 Miquel Àngel Pradilla Cardona Pradilla Cardona, Miquel Àngel Miquel Àngel Pradilla Cardona Rovira i Virgili University & Institute of Catalan Studies 01 eng 343 x 333 LAN009050 v.2006 CFB 2 24 JB Subject Scheme LIN.ROM Romance linguistics 24 JB Subject Scheme LIN.SOCIO Sociolinguistics and Dialectology 06 01 L’objectiu de l’obra <i>Catalan Sociolinguistics. State of the Art and Future Challenges</i> és donar compte, de manera sumària, dels grans vèrtexs en què s’ha manifestat l’estudi de la relació entre llengua i societat en la comunitat lingüística catalana, la recepció que s’ha fet dels plantejaments internacionals i l’adaptació domèstica.<br />Cada tradició sociolingüística ha interpretat la interacció esmentada amb plantejaments específics. La catalana, per exemple, ha apostat per una visió integradora de tot un seguit de treballs que arriben des d’àmbits temàtics diversos (economia, dret, ciència política, comunicació, ecologia, variació lingüística, antropologia, etc.). Així, en el llibre que el lector té a les mans, els autors dels diferents capítols, reconeguts especialistes en la matèria avaluada, ens han ofert mirades complementàries que ens permetran avançar cap a una anàlisi de conjunt, una tasca que es mostrava peremptòria en el marc d’un horitzó finalista de cohesionar internament la disciplina.<br />The aim of the work <i>Catalan Sociolinguistics. State of the Art and Future Challenges</i> is to give an account, in a summary way, of the major topics dealt with by the study of the relation between language and society in the Catalan language community, and the extent to which international approaches have been received and how they have been adapted to the Catalan domain.<br />Every tradition has interpreted this interaction with specific approaches. The Catalan tradition, for example, has opted for a vision that integrates a wide range of studies on different themes (economy, law, political science, communication, ecology, linguistic variation, anthropology, and so on). So, in the book you are holding, the authors of the various chapters, recognised specialists in their fields, have provided complementary views that will enable us to make an overall analysis, something that was urgently needed in the context of the ultimate aim of bringing internal consistency to the discipline. 04 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/475/ivitra.32.png 04 03 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_jpg/9789027212740.jpg 04 03 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/475_tif/9789027212740.tif 06 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_front/ivitra.32.hb.png 07 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/125/ivitra.32.png 25 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/1200_back/ivitra.32.hb.png 27 09 01 https://benjamins.com/covers/3d_web/ivitra.32.hb.png 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.pre ix x 2 Miscellaneous 1 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Preface</TitleText> 1 A01 Miquel Àngel Pradilla Cardona Pradilla Cardona, Miquel Àngel Miquel Àngel Pradilla Cardona 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.01pra 1 14 14 Chapter 2 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 1. Catalan sociolinguistics</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">A multifaceted discipline</Subtitle> 1 A01 Miquel Àngel Pradilla Cardona Pradilla Cardona, Miquel Àngel Miquel Àngel Pradilla Cardona Rovira i Virgili University and Institute of Catalan Studies 20 Catalan sociolinguistics 20 corpus planning 20 ethnography of communication 20 linguistic planning 20 sociology of language 20 status planning 20 variationism 01 Almost five decades after its foundation, Catalan sociolinguistics is a vigorous discipline. It should be said, however, that the magnitude of the research carried out reveals a knowledge area with extremely vague limits. On the whole, Catalan sociolinguistics still presents a clearly sociological bias. The sociology of language is still the object of most of the scientific output by a critical mass of researchers who largely insist on empathising with the communicative viability of Catalan. Of course, the initial militancy following its foundation has been toned down, but even so, controversial approaches persist. Despite the emphasis I have given to the section on macrosociology, Catalan sociolinguistics has also been active in the fields of variationism, the ethnography of communication and, in particular, pragmatics. The contributions made by microsociolinguistics show that Catalan sociolinguistics is a multidimensional entity with an ever-increasing diversity of interests. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.02val 15 28 14 Chapter 3 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 2. History of the group GCS/ASOLC/SOCS</TitleText> 1 A01 Francesc Vallverdu Vallverdu, Francesc Francesc Vallverdu Institute of Catalan Studies 20 Catalan countries 20 catalan language 20 language planning 20 linguistic standardization 20 sociolinguistics 01 In 1973 a small group of scholars from the Catalan Countries joined to form the Catalan Group of Sociolinguistics (GCS). Their mission was to promote the planning of the Catalan language and sociolinguistic studies in this area. Their first public appearance was at the 8th Congress of Sociology (Toronto, 1974), where, thanks to L.V. Aracil – one of the promoters of GCS –, a session on the Catalan language was organised, the material from which was published in 1977 in the first issue of the annual review Treballs de Sociolingüística Catalana. In 1981, GCS had eighteen associates and by 2005, the group’s expansion led to its becoming the Association of Catalan Language Sociolinguists (ASOLC). Shortly after it became a subsidiary of the Institute of Catalan Studies (IEC) and in 2008 it adopted the name Catalan Society of Sociolinguistics (SOCS). Over the years this association has not only been dedicated to promoting and disseminating sociolinguistic research, but it has also been involved in numerous planning initiatives. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.03com 29 38 10 Chapter 4 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 3. Linguistic ecology</TitleText> 1 A01 Pere Comellas Casanova Comellas Casanova, Pere Pere Comellas Casanova Endangered Languages Study Group 20 diversity 20 ecolinguistics 20 ecosystem 20 holism 01 In Catalan sociolinguistics, ecolinguistics emerged early on and has recently undergone considerable development. The article briefly reexamines the history of this sphere of linguistics and the main areas of interest stemming from it. These areas are based on the adaptation of the epistemological model of ecology to sociolinguistics, with the adoption of concepts such as ecosystem or emergency and with a criticism of mechanical and analytical conceptions, being replaced by a holistic perspective. They are also based on the acceptance of certain proposals from ecology such as conservation and diversophilia. Finally, other areas are mentioned, such as catastrophe theory or ecological analogy in discourse analysis. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.04que 39 54 16 Chapter 5 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 4. For a prospective sociology of language</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">From prophecy to foresight</Subtitle> 1 A01 Ernest Querol Puig Querol Puig, Ernest Ernest Querol Puig Open University of Catalonia and Higher Council for the Evaluation of the Education System 20 discourse analysis 20 prediction 20 prophecy 20 prospective 20 the future of Catalan 01 The paper begins by defining the term prospective and goes on to analyze the studies that have been carried out “significantly, only in Catalonia” to predict the future of the Catalan language. Firstly, a critical analysis is made of ‘pseudo-prophetic’ studies – which cannot be considered prospective – that are based on an inability to contemplate a monolingual future, a dream that began with the onset of democracy. The second part of the paper deals with studies that, conversely, can be termed prospective and the third part highlights the advantages of prospective studies and suggests that they be used in language sociology, particularly in the areas of planning and language policy in order to both foresee and prevent. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.05nic 55 66 12 Chapter 6 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 5. Is there a social history of the Catalan language?</TitleText> 1 A01 Miquel Nicolàs Nicolàs, Miquel Miquel Nicolàs University of Valencia 20 historical sociolinguistics 20 history of Catalan language 20 linguistic historiography 01 Over the last century, historical linguistics has produced notable studies on the formal evolution of the Catalan language. Moreover, in recent decades Catalan sociolinguistics has been developed, connecting theory and empirical description to language policy. However, a social history of the Catalan language has not been developed nor historical sociolinguistics, strictly speaking, bar a few random examples. The reasons for this deficit are both internal (the limitations of the subject matter, the inertia and the stagnation of philological studies…) and external (the socio-political and market constraints imposed on the Catalan language). We therefore propose to move towards a new paradigm in which the linguistic diachrony is integrated within social sciences, open to self-criticism and to overcoming ideological apriorism. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.06cos 67 91 25 Chapter 7 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 6. Research on language codification</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">A general proposal</Subtitle> 1 A01 Joan Costa-Carreras Costa-Carreras, Joan Joan Costa-Carreras Pompeu Fabra University 20 Applied Linguistics 20 Catalan language 20 prescriptive grammar 20 standardology 01 In a previous work (Costa-Carreras 2016c: “La planificació de corpus sobre el català: bibliografia classificada i comentada”) I reviewed the research on Catalan normative grammar systematically. The present paper aims at updating this information, but previously it focuses on the concept of research into normative grammar by analysing what objects, objectives, theoretical frameworks, methodologies, infrastructure and actors need to be involved. So in the first part the concept of research into normative grammar is analysed, and in the second part an update of the bibliography on research in Catalan normative grammar is provided. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.07gif 93 106 14 Chapter 8 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 7. The process of normalising Catalan in the media</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">Notes on the evolution of research (1980–2020)</Subtitle> 1 A01 Josep Gifreu Gifreu, Josep Josep Gifreu Pompeu Fabra University and the Institute of Catalan Studies 2 A01 Maria Corominas Corominas, Maria Maria Corominas Autonomous University of Barcelona and Institute of Catalan Studies 20 Catalan language 20 communication policy 20 language policy 20 media 20 research 01 The aim of this chapter consists of an initial overall approach to the research carried out over the last 40 years on the process of normalising the Catalan Language in the conventional media (press, radio and television) and online. Firstly, it summarizes the research on the relationship between language policies and communication policies related to the processes of normalisation (“status planning”); secondly, the study of the general process of language standardisation in the media, (“corpus planning”); and, thirdly, the study of the processes and scope of implementation of Catalan in the media (extension of use). 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.08bra 107 118 12 Chapter 9 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 8. The (limited) contribution of Catalan political science to Catalan sociolinguistics</TitleText> 1 A01 Albert Branchadell Branchadell, Albert Albert Branchadell Autonomous University of Barcelona 20 Catalan political science 20 Catalan sociolinguistics 20 Catalan-speaking area 20 language policy 20 political theory 01 This paper provides an assessment of the contribution of local political scientists to the study of the relationship between language and society in the Catalan-speaking area in the last 25 years. First, the contribution of local political scientists is quite modest in quantitative terms. As a matter of fact, it can be reduced to six people, two of whom are no longer active in the field. Second, this contribution is rather restricted in scope. Only in the areas of political theory and public policies has there been any noteworthy activity. Third, political scientists’ endeavours have had limited influence on the Catalan scholarly milieu and, more specifically, among sociolinguists, who clearly dominate the study of the relationship between language and society in the Catalan-speaking area. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.09rie 119 138 20 Chapter 10 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 9. Forty years of language policy in Catalonia (1980–2020)</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">Intervention in linguistic skills, practices and ideologies</Subtitle> 1 A01 Elvira Riera-Gil Riera-Gil, Elvira Elvira Riera-Gil 20 Catalonia 20 language ideology 20 language policy 20 language practice 20 language skill 01 This article provides a summary of language policies implemented in Catalonia since the recovery of self-government in 1979, drawing attention to their main successes and failures and to their current challenges. It distinguishes three stages regarding the governmental intervention in linguistic skills, practices and ideologies. First, a large stage (1980–2002) of initial impetus and development, characterised by a significant social consensus around the need of recovering Catalan as a democratic right and unequivocal sign of the collective identity after Franco dictatorship. Second, a stage (2003–2010) of adaptive growth, marked by a huge demo-linguistic impact of international immigration, political instability and more contestation of language policies. Third, a stage (2011–2020) of discreet work, impacted by a strong nation-building conflict between Catalonia and Spain, the rise of secessionism and its subsequent repression by the State. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.10mar 139 158 20 Chapter 11 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 10. From normalisation to sustainability</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">The limits of status planning</Subtitle> 1 A01 Isidor Marí Marí, Isidor Isidor Marí Open University of Catalonia and Institute of Catalan Studies 20 language planning 20 language policy 20 linguistic normalization 20 linguistic sustainability 20 status planning 01 The policies of public authorities on the status of Catalan since the political transition have not been planned in a systematic way, and have evolved under the disinterest and adversity of Spanish and supranational powers, without overcoming the fragmentation of regional governments and the discontinuity of actions. This paper analyses in a broad way the stages and frameworks in which these public policies on the status of Catalan have taken place. Until the end of the eighties, a linguistic normalization approach predominated, focusing on the creation of a legal and institutional framework that would allow the process of linguistic substitution to be reversed. The need for general language planning became apparent at the end of the 1980s and the beginning of the 1990s, but since the end of this last decade, the central idea has been the politics of language. More recently, the changes induced by the process of globalization have led to a perspective focused on linguistic sustainability, which has gained ground in the early 21st century. After the judgment 31/2010 of the Spanish Constitutional Court on the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia, Spain’s policies have been particularly adverse to Catalan. Without a coordinated action of the Catalan-speaking territories being able to overcome the current subordination, the future of Catalan is uncertain. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.11pon 159 172 14 Chapter 12 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 11. Language law in the Catalan domain</TitleText> 1 A01 Eva Pons Parera Pons Parera, Eva Eva Pons Parera University of Barcelona 20 Catalan 20 Catalan-speaking territories 20 constitucional jurisprudence 20 language law 20 legal research 20 ofificial language 01 The scientific study of linguistic law in the Catalan field begins, during the decade of the eighties of the twentieth century, with the approval of the first laws of linguistic normalization of the Autonomous Communities of the Spanish State, at a time when the development of this area of study is still incipient at European and world level. Theoretical studies share common premises, when articulated around the notions of official languages and Catalan as the own language and their projection in the regulation of linguistic uses in the different sectors, and adopt a propositional approach, often critical to the jurisprudence of the Constitutional Court. As of the Judgement of 28 Of June of 2010, on the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 2006, this constitutional jurisprudence imposes an even stricter limits to the regional legislator, that are at the same time reinterpreted restrictively by the ordinary tribunes, which supposes a clear brake to the development of these studies. The legal and doctrinal evolution in the territories located under Andorran, French and Italian jurisdiction responds to different patterns, such as the constitutionalization of Catalan as the official language of the Andorran State in the decade of the 1990s and the interpretation and deployment of constitutional notions of linguistic minority, in Italy, and regional language, in France, of application to the Catalan language in these territories. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.12ala 173 182 10 Chapter 13 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 12. The economics of language</TitleText> 1 A01 Amado Alarcón Alarcón Alarcón Alarcón, Amado Amado Alarcón Alarcón Rovira i Virgili University 20 economic competition 20 economic method 20 economy of language 20 use value 01 This article reviews the contributions made from the Catalan academia to the economy of the language. The economics of language comprises two subfields: (1) the study of the relationships between language and economic activity, and (2) the study of the social dimensions of language from the economic method in a strict sense. The production from the economy of the language in strict sense has few although original researches. Among the inquiries that have been made, stands out that is characterized by the emphasis on the value of the language itself, and not just in the exchange value of a given language. Also is remarkable the analysis of the economic and political competition between linguistic groups. In spite of the relevance of the problems dealt with, there has not been a specialization of researchers in the study of the relations between economy and language in the Catalan linguistic sphere. Lack of research brings us the problem that research is essentially replaced by untested dominant social representations about dimension of language speakers community as the only factor for market valuation and economic growth. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.13tor 183 194 12 Chapter 14 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 13. Demolinguistics in Catalan-speaking territories</TitleText> 1 A01 Joaquim Torres Torres, Joaquim Joaquim Torres Catalan Society of Sociolinguistics 20 Catalan domain 20 Catalan language 20 demolinguistics 20 sociolinguistics 01 The article starts by explaining the origins of “demolinguistics” and the reasons behind its emergence and goes on to assess how it has stretched to other parts of the world. The paper then goes into further depth on the emergence of this discipline in the Catalan language domain and, in particular, its evolution in this sphere. This evolution is divided into five stages; two of them date back to the past century and the other three date from the 21st century. The paper then outlines the main issues that demolinguistics deals with in the Catalan sphere and, to conclude, it lists a number of key challenges that the discipline faces. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.14mas 195 206 12 Chapter 15 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 14. The linguistic transmission of Catalan</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">Current state of affairs and analysis</Subtitle> 1 A01 Antoni Mas Miralles Mas Miralles, Antoni Antoni Mas Miralles University of Alacant and Interuniversity Institute of Valencian Philology 2 A01 Brauli Montoya Abat Montoya Abat, Brauli Brauli Montoya Abat University of Alacant and Institute of Catalan Studies 20 Catalan language 20 family 20 qualitative analysis 20 quantitative analysis 20 sociolinguistic 20 transmission 01 This article is divided into three parts. Firstly, the introduction deals with the need to regard transmission, which includes interruption and revernacularisation, as a process that is essential for understanding the sociolinguistic reality of a language. This analysis is based on the theoretical principles of Social Psychology, Sociology and Sociolinguistics. Secondly, there is a brief summary of the studies which have been carried out so far in Catalan on this topic, both from a quantitative and qualitative point of view. And finally, the conclusion outlines some suggestions and proposals, including the need for a specific theoretical-methodological framework and specific terminology, the importance of using this type of combined quantitative and qualitative analysis, and the possibility of redirecting planning towards the recovery of the Catalan language within the family. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.15vil 207 244 38 Chapter 16 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 15. Research on educational sociolinguistics in the Catalan-speaking area</TitleText> 1 A01 F. Xavier Moreno Vila Moreno Vila, F. Xavier F. Xavier Moreno Vila Universitat de Barcelona 20 Castilian language 20 Catalan conjunction model 20 Catalan language 20 educational linguistics 20 immersion 01 This article starts with a definition of the field and the identification of the main agents that play a social role in language-in-education policies, and then moves to review the evolution and the state of the art of educational sociolinguistics research in the Catalan-speaking territories. The article surveys the main theoretical and applied debates during the Republican period in the 1930’s, the controversies about language and education in the late period of Francoist dictatorship, the many challenges associated with the definition of a school language model in the early decades of the autonomy between the 1970’s and the 1980’s, the development of a plurality of research studies connected, among others, with sociological and ethnographic perspectives, and the growing role of linguistic and cultural diversity in the first two decades of the 21st century. The article ends with a critical balance of achievement and what-to-does in the field. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.16com 245 260 16 Chapter 17 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 16. Language and social psychology research in Catalan sociolinguistics</TitleText> 1 A01 Llorenç Comajoan-Colomé Comajoan-Colomé, Llorenç Llorenç Comajoan-Colomé Universitat de Vic-Universitat Central de Catalunya 2 A01 Miquel Strubell Strubell, Miquel Miquel Strubell Societat Catalana de Sociolingüística 20 Catalan sociolinguistics 20 language and social psychology 20 language attitudes 01 This chapter reviews research in language and social psychology (LSP) as an academic area and investigates to what extent global trends are followed in Catalan sociolinguistics. The chapter is organized into three main sections. The first section reviews the relation between social psychology and sociolinguistics and provides definitions of the field and lays out the evolution of prominent themes in the study of LSP. The second section provides a chronological account of the main research topics in social psychology in Catalan sociolinguistics and shows that in the 1990–2010 period LSP research regarding Catalan was mostly dominated by studies in linguistic attitudes. In a later period, LSP became much more prominent in Catalan sociolinguistics, with a focus on attitudes, linguistic ideology, and issues connected to demographics (e.g., immigration). The third section concludes that LSP research is at the crossroads of research and practice, what is universal and what is contextual, and that the social impact of research in LSP in the Catalan-speaking territories (e.g., research on language attitudes) has been rather low. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.17arg 261 274 14 Chapter 18 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 17. Linguistic anthropology</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">Concepts and field sites</Subtitle> 1 A01 Joan A. Argenter Argenter, Joan A. Joan A. Argenter Autonomous University of Barcelona 20 code-switching 20 language choice 20 language ideologies 20 language shift 20 linguistic ethnography 01 Since ethnography is born out of anthropological science, the article focuses on ethnographic sociolinguistic research. From a theoretical and methodological framework, the notions of social meaning, speech community and context are dealt with and so is the role of indexicality, particularly non-referential indexicality. Subsequently, several phenomena that have been studied by Catalan sociolinguists following this line of research are identified and significant contributions in each area are underlined: language choice, code-switching, youth linguistic practices, social inequality and the ethnography of school, intercultural communication, language shift, language attrition and language death, language ideologies and historical linguistic ethnography. Finally, some contributions by Catalan anthropologists studying South American or African indigenous communities are described. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.18puj 275 296 22 Chapter 19 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 18. New speakers</TitleText> <Subtitle textformat="02">Language and subjectivity</Subtitle> 1 A01 Joan Pujolar Cos Pujolar Cos, Joan Joan Pujolar Cos Universitat Oberta de Catalunya 20 applied linguistics 20 critical 20 feminism 20 identities 20 identity 20 interdisciplinary 20 intersectionality 20 method 20 methodology 20 muda 20 mudes 20 native speaker 20 new speaker 20 power 20 subject 20 subjectivity 20 transdisciplinary 01 In this chapter, I argue for the relevance and productivity of research on “new speakers” in sociolinguistics. To this end, I discuss the historical relationships of sociolinguistics with other social sciences in terms of an ongoing adoption of concepts and methods from other disciplines. Accordingly, the concept of new speakers brings up the debates about subjectivity raised by the works of Foucault, Butler, Bhabha and other authors. I illustrate the argument by drawing on data that shows how different profiles of speakers relate to the languages of their repertoires in different ways, and how these different investments shed light on the Catalan sociolinguistic situation and on how it is experienced. I finally argue that attention to subjectivity can help connect sociolinguistics with the scholarly debates taking place around contemporary social movements such as feminism, anti-racism, the LGBT movement and environmentalism. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.19alt 297 312 16 Chapter 20 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 19. Pragmatics and discourse analysis</TitleText> 1 A01 Nuria Alturo Alturo, Nuria Nuria Alturo University of Barcelona 20 Catalan 20 discourse analysis 20 functional variation 20 grammar 20 pragmatics 20 social variation 01 The aim of this article is to show the relationship between the general goals of pragmatics and discourse analysis research in modern linguistics and the particular goals of Catalan pragmatics and discourse analysis research. It is assumed that pragmatics and discourse analysis can be considered, on the whole, to be a single scientific discipline, the general aim of which is to offer an interdisciplinary functional view of language use and communication. According to this general aim, pragmatic and discourse analysis studies seek explanations on both use processes and the relationship between language use and language structures. From these two areas of interest, a series of interdependent scientific objectives have developed that have been studied to varying extents in Catalan language research. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.20pra 313 330 18 Chapter 21 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Chapter 20. The kaleidoscopic universe of the sociolinguistics of variation in the Catalan language</TitleText> 1 A01 Miquel Àngel Pradilla Cardona Pradilla Cardona, Miquel Àngel Miquel Àngel Pradilla Cardona Rovira i Virgili University 20 linguistic change 20 linguistic variation 20 pragmatics 20 sociolinguistics 01 In the transition from autonomous linguistics, that is to say linguistics centred exclusively on the structural analysis of language, to a type of discipline with an inherent concern for the interaction between linguistics and socio-pragmatic variables, a good deal of proposals have been made, both theoretical and methodological.Without a doubt the sociolinguistic variation model is one of the most successful. This model has made it possible to advance in the social characterisation of language, as well as in the organisation and interpretation of linguistic diversity. This article deals with the various approaches that have been proposed within the field of Catalan variationist studies: from W. Labov’s orthodox proposals to the socialisation component in dialectal and geolinguistic approaches. 10 01 JB code ivitra.32.index 331 333 3 Miscellaneous 22 <TitleType>01</TitleType> <TitleText textformat="02">Index</TitleText> 02 JBENJAMINS John Benjamins Publishing Company 01 John Benjamins Publishing Company Amsterdam/Philadelphia NL 04 20221201 2022 John Benjamins B.V. 02 WORLD 08 750 gr 01 JB 1 John Benjamins Publishing Company +31 20 6304747 +31 20 6739773 bookorder@benjamins.nl 01 https://benjamins.com 01 WORLD US CA MX 21 49 10 01 02 JB 1 00 99.00 EUR R 02 02 JB 1 00 104.94 EUR R 01 JB 10 bebc +44 1202 712 934 +44 1202 712 913 sales@bebc.co.uk 03 GB 21 10 02 02 JB 1 00 83.00 GBP Z 01 JB 2 John Benjamins North America +1 800 562-5666 +1 703 661-1501 benjamins@presswarehouse.com 01 https://benjamins.com 01 US CA MX 21 1 10 01 gen 02 JB 1 00 149.00 USD