Immigration and Linguistic Diversity: A new and poorly understood situation for Catalan

For decades Catalan, a language minoritized and endangered by the hegemony of other state languages, has been experimenting with a process of revitalization driven by social activism and political autonomy, which has been particularly strong in some of its historical regions. Recently, however, seri...

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Autor: Comellas, Pere, 1965-
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Barcelona
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Palavra-chave:Català
Identitat lingüística
Multilingüisme
Catalan language
Linguistic identity
Multilingualism
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spelling Immigration and Linguistic Diversity: A new and poorly understood situation for CatalanComellas, Pere, 1965-CatalàIdentitat lingüísticaMultilingüismeCatalan languageLinguistic identityMultilingualismFor decades Catalan, a language minoritized and endangered by the hegemony of other state languages, has been experimenting with a process of revitalization driven by social activism and political autonomy, which has been particularly strong in some of its historical regions. Recently, however, serious doubts about the success of this process have been heightened due to a surge of immigrants that speak neither Catalan nor Spanish. This article attempts to assess the impact of immigrant languages on the future of the linguistic dynamic using demographic evidence. We raise the question of whether this is a key factor to Catalan's survival, and finally demonstrate that the underestimation of alloglots in statistical studies is an indicator of the need to expand the study of the phenomenon of the new linguistic diversity, which exceeds the traditional framework of bilingual settings.Taylor and Francis2016info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/170102Articles publicats en revistes (Llengües i Literatures Modernes i Estudis Anglesos)reponame:Dipòsit Digital de la UBinstname:Universidad de BarcelonaInglésVersió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1080/14790718.2015.1061532International Journal of Multilingualism, 2016, vol. 13, num. 2, p. 149-164https://doi.org/10.1080/14790718.2015.1061532(c) Taylor and Francis, 2016info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/1701022026-05-27T06:46:51Z
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title Immigration and Linguistic Diversity: A new and poorly understood situation for Catalan
spellingShingle Immigration and Linguistic Diversity: A new and poorly understood situation for Catalan
Comellas, Pere, 1965-
Català
Identitat lingüística
Multilingüisme
Catalan language
Linguistic identity
Multilingualism
title_short Immigration and Linguistic Diversity: A new and poorly understood situation for Catalan
title_full Immigration and Linguistic Diversity: A new and poorly understood situation for Catalan
title_fullStr Immigration and Linguistic Diversity: A new and poorly understood situation for Catalan
title_full_unstemmed Immigration and Linguistic Diversity: A new and poorly understood situation for Catalan
title_sort Immigration and Linguistic Diversity: A new and poorly understood situation for Catalan
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Comellas, Pere, 1965-
author Comellas, Pere, 1965-
author_facet Comellas, Pere, 1965-
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Català
Identitat lingüística
Multilingüisme
Catalan language
Linguistic identity
Multilingualism
topic Català
Identitat lingüística
Multilingüisme
Catalan language
Linguistic identity
Multilingualism
description For decades Catalan, a language minoritized and endangered by the hegemony of other state languages, has been experimenting with a process of revitalization driven by social activism and political autonomy, which has been particularly strong in some of its historical regions. Recently, however, serious doubts about the success of this process have been heightened due to a surge of immigrants that speak neither Catalan nor Spanish. This article attempts to assess the impact of immigrant languages on the future of the linguistic dynamic using demographic evidence. We raise the question of whether this is a key factor to Catalan's survival, and finally demonstrate that the underestimation of alloglots in statistical studies is an indicator of the need to expand the study of the phenomenon of the new linguistic diversity, which exceeds the traditional framework of bilingual settings.
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