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Changing language policies and attitudes in autonomous Catalonia*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2008

Kathryn A. Woolard  and
Tae-Joong Gahng
Kathryn A. Woolard
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, University of California, San Diego
Tae-Joong Gahng
Affiliation:
Department of Educational Policy Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison
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Abstract

The effects of language policies on the symbolic value of the linguistic repertoire merit consideration in needed studies of the consequences of language status planning. Since achieving political autonomy within Spain in 1979, Catalonia has instituted a number of policies, particularly in education, to enhance the status and use of Catalan. A matched guise test was conducted among students in Barcelona in 1980 and again in 1987 to gauge changes in attitudes toward Catalan and Castilian. Conflict between positive status and negative solidarity values of Catalan for nonnative speakers found in 1980 appears to be resolved in 1987. Three aspects of public language policy have attenuated ethnic constraints against nonnative use of Catalan, but further changes in social relations may be necessary to alter patterns of language choice. (Language attitudes, language policy, Catalonia)

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Language in Society , Volume 19 , Issue 3 , September 1990 , pp. 311 - 330
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1990

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