Democratic Policies for Language Revitalisation: The Case of Catalan

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Introduction

   • Miquel Strubell, Emili Boix-Fuster

   Pages 1-16

3. La Catalanofonia. A Community in Search of Linguistic Normality

   • Miquel Àngel Pradilla Cardona

   Pages 17-56

4. The Legal Systems of the Catalan Language

   • Jaume Vernet, Eva Pons

   Pages 57-83

5. Policies Governing the Use of Languages in Relations between the Authorities and the Public

   • Isidor Marí Mayans

   Pages 84-118

6. Language-in-Education Policy

   • F. Xavier Vila i Moreno

   Pages 119-149

7. Policies Promoting the Use of Catalan in Oral Communications and to Improve Attitudes towards the Language

   • Emili Boix-Fuster, Joan Melià, Brauli Montoya

   Pages 150-181

8. Language Policies in the Public Media and the Promotion of Catalan in the Private Media, Arts and Information Technologies

   • Josep Gifreu

   Pages 182-200

9. Language Policy in the World of Business and Consumer Affairs: from Non-Existence to Ineffectiveness

   • Albert Branchadell, Joan Melià

   Pages 201-223

10. An Overview of Catalan Research into Language Policy and Planning

    • Elena Heidepriem Olazábal

    Pages 224-246

11. Back Matter

    Pages 247-254

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A collection of studies offering an up-to-date analysis of official policies to promote Catalan in a democratic framework in each of the main Spanish regions where it is spoken: Catalonia, Valencia and the Balearic Islands.

• communication
• education
• knowledge
• language policy
• media
• planning
• policy
• Spanish

'This book is original in covering all of the Catalan-speaking areas to a grater oror lesser degree and providing detailed and up-to-date infromation on the laws, regulations and practices affecting the use of Catalan in all its historic territory... For anyone wanting to understand how Catalan has reached its current position, and to see how sophisticated langauge planning policies and implimentation strategies have contributed to its regeneration, editors Strubell and Boix-Fuster have produced an invaluable compilation of essays containg a wealth of refernces and information sources.' Anne Ife, Anglia Ruskin University, Current Issues in Language Planning, Sept. 2012

'...the details of a dynamic language policy situation presented here will no doubt prove illuminating when comparisons are ultimately drawn with other linguistic communities by other academics. Future scholarly output can therefore utilise the findings offered within this thorough collection of articles and set them in their global, theoretical context.' -Language Policy, James Hawkey

• Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain

  Miquel Strubell

• Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

  Emili Boix-Fuster

ALBERT BRANCHADELL Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain JOSEP GIFREU Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain ELENA HEIDERPRIEM-OLAZÁBAL Head of the Documentation Centre of the Secretariat for Language Policy, Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain ISIDOR MARÍ Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain JOAN MELIÀ University of the Baleriac Islands, Spain BRAULI MONTOYA Department de Filologia Catalana, Universitat d'Alacant, Alicante, Spain EVA PONS Faculty of Law, University of Barcelona, Spain MIQUEL ÀNGEL PRADILLA-CARDONA Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Spain JAUME VERNET ROVIRA I VIRGILI University, Tarragona, Spain F. XAVIER VILA I MORENO University of Barcelona, Spain

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