Language legislation in Catalonia and its influence on the enhancement of the social status of Catalan Cover Image

Jazykové zákony v Katalánsku a jejich vliv na zlepšení postavení katalánštiny ve společnosti
Language legislation in Catalonia and its influence on the enhancement of the social status of Catalan

Author(s): Jaromír Kadlec
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Univerzita Karlova v Praze - Filozofická fakulta, Vydavatelství
Keywords: Catalonia; Catalan language; Spanish language; language legislation; sociolinguistics; Katalánsko; katalánština; španělština; jazykové zákony; sociolingvistika

Summary/Abstract: This paper introduces Catalonia, an autonomous community of Spain, located on the north-easternextremity of the Iberian Peninsula. The focus is partly on the demography and the linguistic situationof this territory, but primarily on its linguistic politics and language legislation. Catalonia hasestablished a number of language policies, comprising a very complex and ambitious set of Catalanlanguage legislation. As a result of these language policies, which provide support and subsidies,Catalan has become the language of the public administration of Catalonia.

  • Issue Year: 100/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 250-262
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Czech
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