'Pass on Catalan', or 'Pass on Catalan': An Analysis of Language Campaigns, Uses, Attitutes, and Ideologies Surounding the Catalan Language in Catalonia

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2014
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Swarthmore College. Dept. of Linguistics
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Catalan has had a long history during part of which its use was suppressed. After the dictatorship of Francisco Franco ended, Catalonia became an autonomous community and Catalan became co-official with Castilian. Since the language was suppressed for so many years, various language campaigns were developed to increase the use of Catalan. In this thesis, I examined the campaigns of La Norma in the 1980s as well as "Wind up Catalan" and "Pass on Catalan" from the 2000s. Examining these campaigns allowed me to evaluate the shift in the approach they took. Additionally, I analyzed statistics provided by Idescat (Institut d'Estadistica de Catalunya) through which I discussed the changes in language use over a span of time. Another key component in assessing Catalan were the ideologies that surround it and I was able to accomplish this by reviewing You Tube comments of the campaigns. Upon conducting my research and analyzing the material, there appears to be discrepancies between the rhetoric and the actual situation; there is a fear for the vitality of the language even though it appears to be a strong language that is institutionalized as SIL International evaluates it (Lewis et al. 2013)ยน.
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