El español en época de Franco, reflexiones lingüísticas
Spanish language during Francoism, linguistic thoughts

Summary/Abstract: During recent years, Spanish society has become very accustomed to these concepts: Memory of the past History and the collective obligation to remember it so it does not fall into the Oblivion. These notions are so prevalent in Spanish everyday nature that it is almost impossible for any citizen of this country not to relate these ideas with the well-known Law on Historical Memory, officially the Law 52/2007, by which rights are recognized and widened and measurements are established in favour of those who suffered persecution or violence during the civil war and dictatorship. This law aims to respond the demands made by the people affected by Francoism and to recover the memory of the victims of the Spanish Civil War (1935-1939) and the following period of Francoist Dictatorship (1939-1975). While this paper does not intend to analyse or criticise said regulation nor to offer a detailed description of it, it does open up the possibility of closely relating it to the language used during that historical time. It is well known that language has been and continues to be used on countless occasions as a political and ideological tool and instrument by a significant number of systems, which can be observed mainly in the media. In connection with these thoughts, we want to offer in this paper a general vision of Spanish language used during Francoism, more specifically the propagandist Spanish spread by that time’s media.

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