Brisanje identiteta: represija nad katalonskim jezikom u savremeno doba
IDENTITY ERASURE: THE REPRESION AGAINST CATALAN LANGUAGE IN MODERN TIMES

Author(s): Ivana Arsić
Subject(s): Language studies, Nationalism Studies, Ethnic Minorities Studies
Published by: Институт друштвених наука
Keywords: Catalan language; cultural identity; deculturalization; coexistence in multiculturalism; linguistic repression
Summary/Abstract: This article aims to present the problem of repression against the cultural identity of the Catalans, focusing especially to its most important component - language. The purpose of this paper is to determine more clearly the extent, causes and consequences of the diminishing of the Catalan language in modern age by using sociolinguistic and linguocultural approaches. In addition to the scientific knowledge and experience of numerous authors featured in a wealth of linguistic, ethnographic, legal and historiographic literature, the data will consist of the material collected from royal decrees, the Spanish constitution, Catalan Statutes, laws and manifestos. In conclusion, we will try to demonstrate to what extent the attitude towards Catalan cultural identity has changed since the transition to democracy in 1978, in order to determine the level of repression today.

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